Stanley Jackson

Movies14

• Movie7.0

  Documentary

  A boy's carved boat travels through the Canadian wilderness until it reaches the ocean.

  Paddle to the Sea

  1966 · 20 votes

• Movie7.0

  DocumentaryMusic

  Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano, and fellow musicians like Franz Kraemer, with whom Gould talks of composition. (First of two parts.)

  Glenn Gould: Off the Record

  1959 · 1 votes

• Movie8.3

  Documentary

  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.

  Circle of the Sun

  1961 · 2 votes

• Movie7.5

  Documentary

  This documentary film is about wolves and the negative myths surrounding the animal. Exceptional footage portrays the wolf's life cycle and the social organization of the pack, as well as film of caribou, moose, deer and buffalo.

  Death of a Legend

  1971 · 2 votes

• Movie10.0

  Animation

  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. Together with a duck who happens along, he goes to explore the world and discovers there is much to learn, even about his own farmyard.

  The Peep Show

  1962 · 1 votes

• Movie9.5

  Documentary

  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 when the plant is ripe. The tobacco harvesters call it "the back-breaking leaf."

  The Back-breaking Leaf

  1959 · 2 votes

• Movie9.0

  Documentary

  This short film retraces the life of Herman Smith Johannsen – the man who introduced the sport of cross-country skiing to Canadians. From past to present, his life story is portrayed through pictures from sports newsreels, Norwegian archives and his family album. The film catches up with him at both the Canadian Ski Marathon, where he is the honoured guest, and on a return trip to his native Norway.

  Jack Rabbit

  1975 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  DocumentaryHistory

  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 established to maintain law and order in the North-West Territories. They undertook a trek from Fort Dufferin, south of Winnipeg, to Fort Whoop-up, near present-day Lethbridge, Alberta. The force raised the flag and proclaimed the Queen's Law, ensuring that the Canadian West would not become a lawless, American-style frontier.

  The Days of Whisky Gap

  1961 · 1 votes

• Movie9.0

  Documentary

  This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and wind technology, on a farm in Massachusetts in the 1970s. Well before sustainability was a mainstream concern, these prescient innovators attempted to create a vision of a greener, kinder world. "Think small," say the New Alchemists. "Look what thinking big has done."

  The New Alchemists

  1974 · 1 votes

• Movie8.5

  DocumentaryMusic

  This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.

  Glenn Gould: On the Record

  1959 · 3 votes

• Movie7.0

  Documentary

  A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country. Nothing here is quite the same as seen before, even Niagara Falls. Canadians will be thrilled by this panoramic view of familiar territory. Made for international distribution for the Canadian centennial.

  Helicopter Canada

  1966 · 7 votes

• Movie7.5

  Documentary

  At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.

  Pour la suite du monde

  Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

  1963 · 19 votes

• Movie8.5

  Documentary

  A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites in rural Alberta. The followers of religious leader Jacob Hutter live in farm communities, devoutly holding to the rules their founder laid down four centuries ago. Through the kindness of a Hutterite colony in Alberta, this film, in black and white, was made inside the community and shows all aspects of the Hutterites' daily life.

  The Hutterites

  1964 · 2 votes

• Movie6.7

  Animation

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

  My Financial Career

  1962 · 11 votes