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A Day in Forillon - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522754

Spectacularly beautiful views of Forillon National Park, situated on the Gaspé peninsula in...

Adventures - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528406

A film to delight young children, and others too, about a little raccoon who encounters many...

Boogie-Doodle - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525687

In this experimental animated film made in New York, pianist Albert Ammons’ “boogie” comes...

Canada Vignettes: Emergency Numbers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521681

This is a hilarious "cat and dog fight" film that also reminds us to keep emergency numbers close...

Canada Vignettes: Skier - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526034

This vignette about skiier Kathy Kreiner leads up to and includes her Olympic Gold medal race at...

Dreams Come True: A Sheldon Cohen Retrospective - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB533852

Author Roch Carrier hosts this documentary retrospective of the work of animation director Sheldon...

Fisherman's Fall - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525349

One of Canada's best known fly-fishermen, essayist Roderick Haig-Brown, demonstrates the art of...

George and Rosemary - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520504

George and Rosemary is an animated romantic comedy about two golden agers who prove that passion is...

Get a Job - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527776

An animated short film that follows the tribulations of a cartoon character, Bob Dog, as he hunts...

Golden Gloves - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525605

The Golden Gloves boxing tournament is the Canadian amateur's hope for success in the boxing world...

Harmonium in California - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523443

Harmonium was Québec's number-one musical group, outselling many American superstars. In this film...

Has - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528677

English grammar is not the most visual of subjects. However, this film, by the clever use of...

Hot Ice - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526551

A close-up view of a hectic hockey game in which the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers...

Hot Stuff - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523293

This humorous animation film traces humankind's carelessness with fire, from the moment that...

How Dinosaurs Learned to Fly - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520255

The dinosaurs were headed for trouble. They ate nothing but junk food. They never brushed their...

Invasion of the Space Lobsters - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB534333

Produced by the National Film Board of Canada with the participation of the Canadian Labour...

J.A. Martin Photographer - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524795

In this sensitively portrayed feature drama, a wife takes the courageous decision to leave her five...

Jack Kerouac's Road - A Franco-American Odyssey - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB548336

Part documentary, part drama, this film presents the life and work of Jack Kerouac, an American...

Jack Rabbit - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520139

The story of hundred-year-old Herman Smith Johannsen--nicknamed Jack Rabbit by Indians--the man...

Ladies and Gentlemen... Mr. Leonard Cohen - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523516

Produced in 1965, this is an informal portrait of the Montreal poet, novelist and songwriter...

Léonard Forest, Film Maker and Poet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB543573

In Léonard Forest, cinéaste et poète, a French-speaking pioneer of Canadian cinema talks about...

Monastery - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519979

In the quiet confines of their monastery at Saint-Benoît-du-Lac, Québec, Benedictine monks pursue...

Mr. Symbol Man - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526446

"Blissymbols" are giving children without speech a joyous new means of communication. This film...

My Financial Career - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525513

An animated cartoon film from Stephen Leacock's witty account of a young man's first brush with...

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...

No Fish Where to Go - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB565365

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

Paddle to the Sea - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523545

For all children and those adults for whom the romance of journeying is still strong. This great...

Peep and the Big Wide World - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523017

A series of three ten-minute films for very young children, aged three to five. Peep the chicken...

Sequence and Story - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527382

In this film a group of children manipulates reality using a series of photographs of their own...

Soap-Box Derby - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528279

Amusante opposition d'un groupe de gars qui refusent de partager un secret avec des filles...

Special Delivery - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB527701

The first big mistake Ralph makes is not clearing the snow from the front walk, and his life goes...

Strange Invaders - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523453

Roger and Doris live a quiet, comfortable life until one night they are awakened by the arrival of...

Talking Translation: Sheila Fischman Roch Carrier - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528348

Literary translation opens doorways to the literature of the world. This video focuses on...

The Bear and the Mouse - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522828

A variation on a fable by Aesop in which a mouse aids the escape of a bear in return for past...

The Big Snit - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520766

This wonderful wacky animation film looks at two simultaneous conflicts, a macrocosm of global...

The Company of Strangers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519853

A bus breaks down in the wilderness. Eight elderly women, average age 71, are stranded at a...

The Danish Poet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB537002

Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do...

The Dark Years - Episode 3 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB543596

A look at the impact of the Great Depression years on Canada and its people. What started with an...

The Dingles - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521781

Created by award-winning animator/director Les Drew, this magical animation film is bound to win...

The India Trip - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522663

Pondicherry, an ancient city near the Southern tip of India, was for several centuries an outpost...

The Legend of the Flying Canoe (La Chasse-galerie) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525255

The time: New Year's Eve, late 1800s. The place: Gatineau Valley, Quebec. A group of loggers...

The Magic of Anansi - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519855

Anansi the spider is tired of being looked down on by all the jungle animals--just because his webs...

The Old Lady's Camping Trip - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522295

In a lively animated lesson about the do's and don'ts of fire and outdoor safety, the Old Lady Who...

The Sparky Book - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB539769

In Newfoundland filmmaker Mary Lewis' live action/animation hybrid short film, a talking goldfish...

The Story of Cinderella - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526698

Cinderella, as seen and interpreted in watercolour and crayon drawings by fifth-grade school...

The Street (1976) - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521317

This award-winning animation film spares no feelings and minces no words. A poignant interpretation...

The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522455

A new look at a centuries-old fairy tale! Using a medieval style of illustration to animate the...

This Is Your Museum Speaking - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521339

This short animated film tells the story of a night watchman who, with his dog, Fang, discovers...

Trees That Reach the Sky - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525917

This film follows a sitka spruce from the time it is felled until it is incorporated into the...

Two Episodes from the Life of Hubert Aquin - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525003

On March 15, 1977, Hubert Aquin ended his life in the gardens of Villa Maria, Montréal. He had...

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