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"They Didn't Starve Us Out": Industrial Cape Breton in the 1920s...

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520213

For 200 years, coal mining had been a way of life--and death--in Cape Breton. By 1920 things were...

10-7 for Life - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520953

10-7 for Life is a funny, raw and occasionally violent chronicle of the last two weeks of Carol...

11 Steps to Survival - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523979

A film demonstrating steps to take in the event of a nuclear attack. Animated drawings show the...

12,000 Men - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524770

This powerful documentary brings alive the brave story of Cape Breton's union struggles in the coal...

20 Years Later ... - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526736

Moroccan independence from France, and Arab nationalism encouraged by Israel's existence as a...

23 Skidoo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520597

If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is...

5,000 Miles - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520614

A film to tempt everyone to travel along the Trans-Canada Highway, which stretches from...

5BX Plan for Physical Fitness - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521513

The Royal Canadian Air Force, as a service to the public, shows in this film the five basic...

A Day in June - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520582

Parade and fanfare in memory of Saint-Jean-Baptiste, the patron saint of Québec. The candid camera...

A Friend for Supper - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523557

During World War II, a teacher explains how children in Russia, China, and occupied Europe are...

A House on the Prairie - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523402

The promise of riches in a new land lured many settlers to the West, but it was a harsh climate...

A License to Remember: Je me souviens - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524400

Quebec license plates don't sport cutesy tourist slogans like "Canada's Ocean Playground" or "Land...

A Local Kid - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526849

This drama is based on a tragic event that took place in Kapuskasing, Ontario, in 1963. A strike...

A Northern Challenge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520131

A view at ground level of how new airfields, built by the Canadian Armed Forces, are helping to...

A Question of Identity: War of 1812 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521170

When Britain and the United States were at war the feud spilled over into Canada, to pioneer...

A Song for Tibet - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526593

A land of snow and mountains, of burgundy-clad monks and prayer wheels--this mythical image of...

A Sun Like Nowhere Else - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525795

Acadians are French-speaking Maritimers. In this film the people speak for themselves--about their...

A Visit from Captain Cook - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520240

When world-famous explorer James Cook took to the high seas in the 1700s he had ships' artists...

Abegweit - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528402

A day-to-day record of the construction of the Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to...

Acadia Acadia?!? - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523410

In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université...

Acid Rain: A North American Challenge - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523588

All across eastern North America, trees are dying and soils are being poisoned by acid rain. This...

Action Stations - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521729

A Canadian corvette goes on convoy duty in the North Atlantic, sights a submarine and sinks it.

Action: The October Crisis of 1970 - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528045

A long and thoughtful look at those desperate days of October 1970, when Montréal awaited the...

Acts of Defiance - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521537

This feature-length documentary recounts the events that surrounded and led to the Oka Crisis of...

After the Big One: Nuclear War on the Prairies - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528738

This film deals straightforwardly with the consequences of a nuclear attack for the Canadian...

After the Montreal Massacre - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525409

December 6, 1989. Sylvie Gagnon was attending her last day of classes at Ecole Polytechnique, an...

Aftermath: The Remnants of War - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521082

War has a dirty secret: it never really ends. Aftermath: The Remnants of War weaves archival images...

Age of the Beaver - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524507

This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration...

Age of the Buffalo - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523744

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

Age of the Rivers - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528201

The story of Canada's development as a nation is the story of its waterways. In a land of virgin...

Aircrew - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520202

This film takes us to a number of Royal Canadian Air Force training centres to show how recruits...

Airwomen - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525489

A Fighter Control Operator must know her radar screen as well as she knows her own face. Elaine...

Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524860

For Alexander Galt it was the middle of the road, until he saw some hope for his dream of a united...

Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520664

Filmed on the great Mackenzie River, this picture recreates the amazing voyage of the man who gave...

Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521619

This is the story of the Caribou Inuit family who were Canada's last nomads. With the voices of...

An Enduring Tradition - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB547441

The history of the Royal Canadian Navy in war and peace. Action footage, captured German film, and...

An Introduction to Jet Engines - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520295

A vivid, realistic view of the inside of a jet engine. Animated drawings in full colour show...

And We Knew How to Dance: Women in World War I - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526137

The wartime accomplishments of women in World War I are celebrated in this video. Twelve Canadian...

Angkor, the Lost City - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524356

A pictorial essay on the ruins of the ancient city of Angkor. The greatest assembly of sculpture...

Anybody's Son Will Do - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB526048

Photographed on location at the United States Marine Corps Parris Island Training Depot in South...

Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest of Vilhjalmur Stefansson - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB520871

An exploration of the fascinating life of the controversial Arctic anthropologist/explorer...

Artist in Montreal - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB519896

This film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of a form of abstract art that developed...

Assignment Northwest - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB528714

Filmed by members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, this is a firsthand account of the life...

Atlantic Crossroads - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB521002

Newfoundland's role in World War II, her economic structure and post-war prospects are discussed as...

Back to Jobs - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB525508

An account of the return of Canadian veterans to civilian life, including those who, because of war...

Baghdad Twist [DO NOT USE] - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB543826

It could be anywhere. A mid-1960s wedding reception captured on Super-8 film. Narrow ties. Bouffant...

Banshees Over Canada - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB524493

Illustrating Britain's preparations for air attack, scenes show destruction wrought by enemy...

Barbed Wire and Mandolins - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523539

On June 10, 1940, Italy entered the Second World War. Overnight, the Canadian government came to...

Beaverbrook - The Various Lives of Max Aitken - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB522178

Somebody once asked him if "Max" was short for Maximilian. He said it was short for...

Behind the Swastika: Nazi Atrocities - DVD

National Film Board Of Canada NFB523252

Nazi atrocities in concentration camps and prisons. Behind the huge swastika flags and the cheering...

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