Tommy Tweed
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The Calèche Driver
1953-01-01
The Calèche Driver
Overview: A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic avenues of the Old City have changed considerably, the Old World charm of Québec City is timeless.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-01
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Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
1953-01-02
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
Overview: In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to the life he knew in Poland, marvelling at the freedom Canadians enjoy. In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with freezing mud and snow. Keeping them clean, whatever the weather, was the job of the switchman.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-01-02
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Fishing Partners
1945-01-01
Fishing Partners
Overview: How a scientist helped the fishermen in a Gaspe fishing village.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1945-01-01
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Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
1967-01-01
Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Overview: In this short docu-fiction film, strong and hardy Inuit hunters demonstrate and test their strength in boxing, tug-of-war, and other strenuous activities. We see and hear the drum dance, a demonstration of Inuit poetry and rhythm.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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Headline Hunters
1945-12-10
Headline Hunters
Overview: Headline Hunters is an 11-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, part of the wartime Canada Carries On series, produced by Alan Field. The short film was made by the National Film Board of Canada. The film was a tribute to Canadian war correspondents who reported from the front lines in the Second World War.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-10
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The Incredible Journey
1963-11-20
The Incredible Journey
Overview: The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-20
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Windbreaks on the Prairies
1943-01-02
Windbreaks on the Prairies
Overview: This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion. The Dominion Department of Agriculture's experimental station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, cultivated acres of young trees for distribution to farmers.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-02
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Wings of Mercy
1947-01-02
Wings of Mercy
Overview: This short film takes a look at Saskatchewan’s air ambulance service, organized and operated by experienced flyers who provide speedy hospitalization and treatment to the ill and injured. Within 15 minutes of receiving a desperate phone call for help from a remote area, a plane is on its way, guided to the patient with the help of landmarks such as a coal bin or a thin column of smoke on a northern lakeshore.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-02
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