Colin Low

01 de jan. de 1961

"Fogo is a windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland where the inhabitants for generations have lived by, on and from the sea. In this film Wi...

04 de out. de 1970

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

01 de jan. de 1961

The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Québec, and of Performance Sailcraft, the com...

01 de jan. de 1974

This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetian painter Canaletto, the film captures the grea...

15 de abr. de 1959

This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National ...

24 de abr. de 1963

By using film as a catalyst for change, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film shows how one of the...

01 de jan. de 1967

Two women discuss the roles and problems of women, education, and shopping on Fogo Island.

01 de jan. de 1967

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

01 de jan. de 1979

The Living Stone is a 1958 Canadian short documentary film directed by John Feeney about Inuit art. It shows the inspiration behind Inuit sculpture...

04 de fev. de 1958

An experimental film from Arthur Lipsett, Free Fall is an assortment of film trimmings assembled to make a wry comment on humankind in today’s worl...

01 de jan. de 1964

A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this fil...

01 de mai. de 1960

This short film studies the works of one of Canada's greatest contemporary etchers - Newfoundland-born David Blackwood. The artist himself guides v...

01 de jan. de 1976

An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone ...

01 de jan. de 1974

A neurotic man relates his unsuccessful attempt to open a simple savings account at a bank.

01 de out. de 1962

This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From th...

01 de out. de 1974

Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.

01 de jan. de 1948

Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with ...

20 de abr. de 1992

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

01 de jan. de 1974

On the Kainai (Blood) First Nations Reserve, near Cardston, Alberta, a hopeful new development in Indigenous enterprise. Once rulers of the western...

01 de jan. de 1973

Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no re...

William Wells defends the viability of Fogo Island and expresses his apprehension about the exodus of young people.

01 de jan. de 1967

This documentary records the extraordinary determination of Jungle Jim Hunter to be the best ski racer in the world. We witness his grueling exerci...

01 de jan. de 1976

A tense, tight close-up of stunt man Ken Carter's role on the stock-car racing track. Risking life and limb to rocket a car from a ramp over a park...

31 de dez. de 1976

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their concerns. This film discusses efforts to ob...

A record of the founding meeting of the Fogo Island Ship Building and Producer Co-operative.

01 de jan. de 1967

A discussion about Fogo Island fishing, with some criticisms of the longliners.

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.

31 de dez. de 1960

"Labyrinth" is a groundbreaking multi-screen 45-minute presentation produced for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67 in Montreal, using 35 mm a...

28 de abr. de 1967

A humorous survey of the history of the development of transportation technology in Canada.

01 de jan. de 1952

This classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fable...

02 de mai. de 1957

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns and thoughts about the futur...

This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent in...

01 de mai. de 1974

Through the use of film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film looks a...

A retrospective look at Fogo Island, Newfoundland, four years after the original Newfoundland Project series was made. This is an assessment of the...

01 de jan. de 1972

This short film presents a discussion about the role of merchants on Fogo Island, and of the feasibility of cooperatives.

01 de jan. de 1967

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 ci...

01 de jan. de 1954

The magic island of Fogo, seen from the eyes of the kids and the reason why its inhabitants will never leave it.

14 de mar. de 1967

A description of placer gold mining in the Yukon. East of Dawson City giant dredges cut deep into the creek beds, leaving behind monstrous coils of...

01 de set. de 1955

This feature-length documentary from 1974 takes viewers inside Fidel Castro's Cuba. A movie-making threesome hope that Fidel himself will star in t...

14 de nov. de 1975

Colourful puppets illustrate the old French song about Cadet Rousselle, who falls down a ladder, who trips on battlements, and whose dogs will not ...

03 de set. de 1947

The Mercer family discusses the pressures that force the young people to leave Fogo Island and their families.

01 de jan. de 1967

This short documentary pays tribute to the craftsmen everywhere whose work adds color and richness to life. Filmed in the Canadian Arctic, Finland,...

01 de jan. de 1974

A collection of one-minute cartoons produced by the National Film Board of Canada animators for government sponsors. Showcasing a playful selection...

01 de jan. de 1960

A discussion on the methods of fishing, marketing, organization and welfare in Norway, with reference to the situation on Fogo Island.

A selection of publicity clips mounted together in one film to show the techniques of NFB animators. As in Hors-d'oeuvre, these "quickie" films wer...

07 de abr. de 1962

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. This film discusses fisherm...

31 de dez. de 1967

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, Islander Chri...

A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.

01 de jan. de 1967

This first cel-animated film produced by the NFB traces the development of the master/worker relationships through successive eras of history. Ston...

31 de dez. de 1950

Corral is a 1954 National Film Board of Canada documentary by Colin Low, partly shot in the Cochrane Ranch in what is now Cochrane, Alberta. In th...

01 de abr. de 1954

This film introduces the Fogo Island/Newfoundland Project series which is an experiment in how film can be a catalyst for social change by serving ...

01 de jan. de 1968

This short documentary offers a panorama of ancient cities, palaces and temples whose splendor has awed mankind. The film moves from one tradition ...

01 de jan. de 1959

A look at the relationships among the Fogo Island merchants and fishermen, and at the demoralizing effects welfare has on them.

A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites in rural Alberta.

01 de jan. de 1964

Easter service takes place in the Russian Orthodox church of St. Peter and St. Paul in Montréal. The depth of emotion touched by this ancient cerem...

01 de jan. de 1976

This short documentary features Newfoundland fisherman Billy Crane, who speaks frankly on the state of the inshore fishery and how the lack of gove...

01 de jan. de 1967

NFB short documentary

01 de jan. de 1975

Lumsden, Saskatchewan is a town of 850 citizens on a river called the Qu'Appelle. In the spring of 1974, the river doubled its volume and threatene...

01 de jan. de 1975

Joe Kinsella talks about the problem of young people leaving Fogo Island after they finish their education.

Pete Standing Alone is a Blood Indian who, as a young man, was more at home in the White man's culture than his own. Confronted with the realizatio...

10 de mar. de 1982

The film documents Bill Reid's own trip home to visit his parents in Sarnia, Ontario, and the family's conversations about the communication diffic...

30 de jun. de 1973

Individuals who have moved away from Fogo Island express their opinions on the life and problems of the Island.

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

01 de jan. de 1962

With no commentary other than the music and words of the performers themselves, this fast-moving film presents the grandest Canadian concert of the...

01 de jan. de 1975

This feature documentary profiles the brave Canadians who fought in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939. To save Spain's constitutionally e...

01 de jan. de 1976

This short film depicts Canada as it was a hundred years ago, as seen through the paintings of artist and adventurer Cornelius Krieghoff. The chang...

01 de jan. de 1955

This is a short film about the Alberta All Girls Band Spectacular. The Edmonton-based band was invited to open the 1974 World Cup Soccer Championsh...

01 de jan. de 1975

The story of how one Fogo Island family managed to raise an old passenger boat from where it had been sitting for four years, and to renovate it fo...

This short film presents Mr. Bate, an inventor who discovers a substitute for gasoline in barnyard manure. Even though he fits the classic mould of...

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

01 de jan. de 1974

Colourful animation depicts the formation, through geological ages, by fire and water, wind and ice, of the Earth's crust which holds our wealth of...

08 de jun. de 1954

In this short film, we witness two Fogo Island festivities: a Roman Catholic wedding in Joe Batts Arm South and a party with music and dancing in J...

01 de jan. de 1967

This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

31 de dez. de 1952

The Fogo Island Improvement Committee discusses the building of a speaking platform for the anticipated visit of the Newfoundland premier.

01 de jan. de 1967

A discussion about the effects of welfare on Fogo Island residents.

By using film as a means of communication, the people of Fogo Island, Newfoundland, voice some of their daily concerns. In this film, some of the p...

A discussion of the problems and efficacy of a fishermen's cooperative.