Movies

Elizabeth Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint and founder of the Sisters of Charity, is the subject of this inspiring biopic. After the...

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America.

A view from Canada of the North Atlantic convoy route during the Battle of the Atlantic, presented in the framework of the turnaround of a single...

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...

Fearing she will die, a physicist's wife hopes her husband will be consoled by the orphan she adopts.

An educational film from 1953 to encourage parents talk to their children about adolescence.

The story of the Prophet Noah. Violence and corruption fill the earth. To punish this wickedness, God vows to send a cleansing flood. Only one man -...

Mayerling is the name of a notorious Austrian village linked to a romantic tragedy. At a royal hunting lodge there, in 1889, Crown Prince...

This film illustrates the difference between World War II and the war of 1914, emphasizing the importance of mechanization, and contrasting the...

A retired police captain storms angrily out of retirement when his son is shot down before his eyes and his grandson is kidnapped by a syndicate...

Examines contemporary educational methods and policies in the light of an age that has released new natural energies, to be used for or against...

Short film produced and directed in 1945 for the National Film Board of Canada series The World in Action. Over its nearly 21-minute running time,...

An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder.

Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter manoeuvres of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the...

A mockumentary illustrating a supposed conspiracy to infiltrate American culture through employing Canadians in the U.S. entertainment industry.

This wartime newsreel from 1942 documents the efforts of China to deal with Japanese aggression.

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 Second World War documentary film produced for and by the National Film Board of Canada in 1942 as part of the "Canada Carries On" short...

The treatment of mental illness and psychological disorders--including electroshock therapy--brought about by the stresses of modern life are shown...