Sydney Newman Filmes

A portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939. Interweaving archival...

At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...

Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.

A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.

Canada's northwest has been opened up by the Alaska Highway. This film looks at the construction of the highway and at the resources and development...

A short film by Roger Blais.

In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked...

Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also...

Holidaying in Algeria, French minister Corrazzi is fighting for his life in hospital after a botched assassination attempt. Algerian doctor Dr. Kabil...

With simple ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Newfoundlanders are welcomed as fellow-Canadians. Prime Minister St. Laurent starting off the...

Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal...

First half of film portrays life in port, including rum issue, distribution of letters, and taking on ammunition, the remainder tells the story of an...

When the pilot and co-pilot of a commercial flight become ill from food poisoning, a passenger who once flew in WW2 must take the controls and try to...

This short documentary looks at the deep gorge of the Fraser River, shadowed by the mountain ranges of British Columbia. It is a highway for the...

In the 1940s thousands of immigrants are coming from Europe to Canada offering strength and skills in exchange for hope and a new life. 'The long...

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in...

A look at Britain's and Canada's defensive preparations against an air attack.

This short documentary is a snapshot of the revolutionary change in status enjoyed by women between the turn of the 20th century and 1947. The film...

This short documentary offers a look at Canada’s Chalk River Project in the late 1940s. While humanity pondered the ultimate threat or promise...