Canada Vignettes (NFB short series)
Canada Vignettes is a series of memorable shorts produced by the National Film Board of Canada. About 40 are available on their website/YouTube account/or app (free).
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- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyThis film profiles a physiotherapist and follows her work with a patient.
- DirectorJudith PottertonRosemarie ShapleyProfiling a Quebec veterinarian and his trip to a farm, to worm one of the owners colts.
- DirectorMarv NewlandStarsJoe AustinThe story of Bill Miner and the bungled train robbery that got him caught.
- DirectorBarry HelmerThe story of Captain James Cook's discovery of the west coast of Canada and the beginning of the sea otter trade.
- DirectorPaul BochnerVarious human faces shift from one to another.
- DirectorTina HorneStarsDavid BairstowMichael KaneThe story behind the Canadian city of Flin Flon's unusual name.
- DirectorBrad CaslorStarsLen CariouCliff GardnerBrian RichardsonA humourous short lived history of an English fort.
- DirectorJoseph MacDonaldStarsLorna BrownIn a Canadian pioneer home, the process of turning flax to linen is explained and demonstrated.
- DirectorRonald BlumerStarsMichael KaneAllan LairdAllan Laird teaches people how to become ham radio operators.
- DirectorBlake JamesA painter recalls the farm work she did as a child during summer holidays.
- DirectorEva SzaszStarsWalter MasseyThrough original artwork, a humorous Irish folktale is told using cartoon characters.
- DirectorChristopher HintonStarsLen CariouA humorous account of the pioneering journey of Lady Frances Simpson, along with her piano, from England to Manitoba.
- DirectorAl SensThe history of the development of modern logging techniques.
