John Spotton

In the fall of 1964, just over a year before his death, Buster Keaton traveled to Canada to make The Railrodder, a short subject that now enjoys a ...

30 de out. de 1965

A teenage boy rebels against parental authority and must face a harsh reality when he tries to live on his own.

13 de ago. de 1964

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

This short film portrays the story of singer Paul Anka, who rose from obscurity to become the idol of millions of adolescent fans around the world....

25 de mai. de 1962

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 w...

02 de jan. de 1959

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

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

Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Bre...

01 de jan. de 1963

Peep the chicken ventures out on an adventure into the Big Wide World and makes some friends along the way. Narrated by Peter Ustinov, this 1988 sh...

01 de jan. de 1988

Evidence of Viking presence in North America has challenged archaeologists and historians for years. Did the Vikings come to northern Canada nearly...

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, an...

01 de jan. de 1966

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

Young long-distance runner Bruce Kidd practices and competes.

01 de jan. de 1962

A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. This documentary follows a Holocaust survivor in 1965 on an ...

25 de set. de 1967

This short film from the late 1950s looks at peer pressure among adolescents, using the example of a 13-year-old boy who collects butterflies. Whil...

01 de jan. de 1957

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

A film about winter railroading in the Canadian Rockies and the men who keep the lines clear. The stretch between Revelstoke and Field, British Col...

29 de jan. de 1958

A dizzying view of Manhattan in the 1960s, the tallest town in the world, and the men who work cloud-high to keep it growing. They are the Mohawk I...

01 de jan. de 1965

Women have always sought ways to terminate unwanted pregnancies, despite powerful patriarchal structures and systems working against them. This fil...

09 de nov. de 1984

This short documentary focuses on one day in a kindergarten classroom. We watch the teacher encouraging children to turn their curiosity into quest...

This short documentary profiles Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day parade in Montreal in 1959. The annual parade takes place every June 24th in memory of Sain...

01 de jan. de 1958

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

01 de jan. de 1964