Stanley Jackson

In 1977, Prince Charles was inducted as honorary chief of the Blood Indians on their reserve in southwestern Alberta. The ceremony, conducted in the...

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A study of the teacher's vital role in a child's development. Learning through natural curiousity in the pre-school years. Different types of...

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Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were...

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This documentary from 1945 explains The Veteran's Land Act, which provided for low-cost loans to veterans who wished to purchase properties and...

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This short film is a re-enactment of the critical year in Dr. Frederick Banting's life when he discovered insulin for the treatment of diabetes at...

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This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the...

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This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public...

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This short puppet animation from the fifties tells the story of Magic Bow, a First Nations boy endowed with magic gifts. Magic Bow is in the big city...

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This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

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Here is a graphic picture of the tobacco harvest in southwestern Ontario. At the end of July, transient field workers move in for a brief bonanza...

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A young man of the Kainai Nation (Blood tribe) shows us contemporary life of people as he attends a Sun Dance ceremony with the tribe.

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A documentary history of the exciting, sometimes ill-fated exploration of Canada's Arctic, produced jointly by the British Broadcasting Corporation...

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The dramatization of the sympathetic hospital treatment a general practitioner receives when he suffers a mental breakdown. There is an emphasis on...

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One of the most sensational get-rich-quick schemes that took place in France over 200 years ago with economist John Law at the helm.

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An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

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Abnormal shyness in children, its causes and treatment, is discussed in this film. Profiled are three shy children and the confidence-destroying...

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How and why feelings of depression carry over from childhood to overshadow adulthood are explained in the case of John Murray, an industrious and...

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In two half-hour parts, The Living Machine explores the progress made in electronics technology and looks forward to an exciting world-to-be....

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A child spends two weeks in a summer camp at Muskoka, Ontario. This short film presents a delightful portrait of a young boy's sojourn at summer...

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A detailed retrospective of animation and animation techniques at the National Film Board of Canada.

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This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and...

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This short film is a telling portrait of the discourse about and treatment of alcohol addiction in the middle of the 20th century. In a fictional...

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A cartoon film for young children about the adventures of a little chick from the time he falls from an egg basket and breaks out of his shell....

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An enthusiastic but naive campaign worker causes trouble for his candidate due to his unorthodox campaign tactics, which turn out to violate the...

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