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Mile Zero: The SAGE Tour - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522533

In September 1986, four Montreal high School students travelled right across Canada to speak in...

Minoru: Memory of Exile - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522574

The bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, by a nation he knew only by name, thrust...

Mission: Northwest Passage - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB558904

Volumes have been written about the Second World War--yet one great mission of WW II has remained...

Money, Goods and Prices - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519909

This animated portrayal of Canada's wartime economy uses simple symbols to present economic...

Mony a Pickle - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523261

In the short sequence that Norman McLaren contributed to this publicity film for the savings bank...

Musicians in Exile - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524687

Filmed on location in New York City, Paris and London, this powerful documentary focuses on artists...

My Grandmother Ironed the King's Shirts - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527046

Torill Kove's grandmother often told her stories. One in particular revolved around ironing...

My Mother's Village - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528264

In a documentary that spans two continents and several generations, acclaimed director John...

My Name Is Kahentiiosta - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523700

Arrested after the 78-day armed standoff during the 1990 Oka crisis, Kahentiiosta, a young...

Mystery of the Maya - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524993

Deep within the jungles of Mexico and Guatemala and extending into the limestone shelf of the...

Neighbours - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526169

Two neighbours live side by side in harmony until a flower grows on the dividing line between their...

New Faces Come Back - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522826

New Faces Come Back shows the part that plastic surgery played in giving disfigured servicemen a...

New Voices - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525752

Describes the emergence of the Islamic world as a growing force among the new African nations, and...

New York - Twin Parks Project - TV Channel 13 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526645

In a city which has become a symbol of urban disaster, two projects indicate an important...

Nigeria: Giant in Africa - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527738

This vivid recounting of Nigeria's history, from pre-European times to the mid-20th century...

No Fish Where to Go - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB565365

“Our planet—inhabited by people with different languages and customs.”   A friendship...

North of 60 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521796

In this film on Canada's last frontier, we become acquainted with the blueprint stage in the...

Northwest by Air - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526475

The construction of chains of airfields in northwestern Canada was a difficult job of strategic...

Not Peace but a Sword - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521365

The story of Europe's gradual descent into war in the fateful year of 1939. While the statesmen of...

Notes on Nuclear War - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524100

This film follows the development of the nuclear arms race from Hiroshima to the nuclear stalemate...

Now - The Peace - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB541292

This film looks at the plans made at Dumbarton Oaks in 1945 for a renewed international...

Of Japanese Descent - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524754

The film shows Japanese relocation centres in central British Columbia. There are three main...

Of Sport and Men - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521595

A film essay on the passion for sport. Sport is seen as a lesson in courage and discipline, and a...

Offshore Oil: Are We Ready? - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526548

A cautionary document that explores in depth the impact that offshore oil discoveries have had on...

Olympic Swimmers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526233

Shows Canada's top swimmers in training for the 1964 Olympic Games. In gymnasium and pool, under...

On the Road with Mary - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB536942

Why don't we do something to ease the suffering of the poor, the excluded? Because we live in fear...

Open Secrets - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521124

This provocative documentary uncovers a lost chapter in Canadian military history: how the Armed...

Ordeal by Ice - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525964

The secret winter maneuvers of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the Canadian Rockies...

Our Last Days ... In Moscow - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525690

Pianists Kuo-Yen of Taiwan and Pierre Jasmin of Québec met and fell in love while studying music...

Our Northern Neighbour - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523756

This look at Soviet foreign policy from 1917 through World War II considers the historical and...

Packing Heat - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522628

In a culture of fear, where women are assaulted by images of themselves as victims, the idea of...

Passage West - Program 1: A Dream of Freedom - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525068

An examination of the great wave of British emigration to North America in the 19th century, based...

Pavilion - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527825

A film shot at the world's fair in Osaka, Japan in 1970, showing the Canadian Pavilion and its...

People of the Buffalo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525741

A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds...

Pincer on Axis Europe - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522576

A report on the World War II Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.

Pincers on Japan - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526857

Canada's place in the strategy of Pacific warfare is the subject of this wartime film. Convoys...

Postmark U.N.E.F - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520455

During a visit to the Middle East, this film shows the role of the United Nations Emergency Force...

PREMIER EMPEREUR DE CHINE, LE

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525635

The story of Qin Shihuang, who conquered six powerful warring states to unify the vast territory of...

Price Control and Rationing - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525905

An animated documentary about the need for price controls and rationing in Canada during the...

Prices in Wartime - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523609

The film explains the causes and effects of inflation during wartime. It shows the need for wage...

Proudly She Marches - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519990

This is a report on how Canadian women from all walks of life were trained to handle many kinds of...

Quebec Conference - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB551090

The Québec Conference of August 1943, during which the British, Canadian and American military and...

Quebec, Path of Conquest - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526828

The Nazis believed that Québec could be conquered easily, but they were mistaken. The people of...

Radio Front Line - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526156

A look at the importance of radio communication during World War II, and an account of the...

Raised to Be Heroes - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB537521

They will fight for their country, they will die for their country, but not in the West Bank and...

Raoul Léger, the Elusive Truth - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520584

Summer 2001, Andréa and Cléola Léger travel to Guatemala seeking traces of their brother Raoul...

Rape: A Crime of War - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524373

It has been estimated that between 20,000 and 50,000 rapes were committed during fighting in the...

Raymond Klibansky: From Philosophy to Life - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523308

The filmmaker did not suspect that meeting a philosopher would have such a profound effect. It...

Return to Dresden - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527719

In 1945, the Bomber Commands of Great Britain and the United States organized a bombing raid that...

Revolution's Orphans - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520604

In 1956 the Hungarian Revolution claimed 50 000 lives. Many thousands more had to flee their...

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