Ron Alexander Filmes
- 1966
Knowing to Learn
Knowing to Learn01966HD
This feature documentary about education explores the mid-century state of learning in the classrooms of North America. New approaches to learning...
- 1959
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Glenn Gould: On the Record7.81959HD
This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding...
- 1961
Circle of the Sun
Circle of the Sun7.51961HD
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.
- 1966
Helicopter Canada
Helicopter Canada6.41966HD
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....
- 1959
Les Brûlés
Les Brûlés01959HD
Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.
- 1961
Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God01961HD
This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary...
- 1976
Seconds to Play
Seconds to Play01976HD
A documentary detailing the live ABC broadcasting of a 1975 college football game from the Los Angeles Memorial Colosseum, between the Ohio State...
- 1972
When I Go - That's It!
When I Go - That's It!01972HD
Ex-fisherman Billy Crane in Brampton, Ontario, at an industrial job with regular hours. Here he tells why he left Fogo Island and says he has no...
- 1962
Strangers for the Day
Strangers for the Day01962HD
This short documentary shows the reactions of European immigrants as they land in Halifax at the beginning of the 1960s. From the port, we follow...
- 1986
Lesbians
Lesbians01986HD
Three politically incorrect lesbians talk about being lesbian.
- 1958
The Snowshoers
The Snowshoers5.61958HD
This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the...
- 1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men7.41963HD
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...
- 1964
Haida Carver
Haida Carver01964HD
On Canada's Pacific coast this film finds a young Haida artist, Robert Davidson, shaping miniature totems from argillite, a jet-like stone. The film...
- 1959
Tourist Go Home
Tourist Go Home01959HD
This short film is a humorous look at the tourist industry in Canada. In tongue-in-cheek fashion, it points out the importance of good public...
- 1963
Trans-Canada Journey
Trans-Canada Journey01963HD
A jetliner spans the miles, sheering through clouds to open sky and scenic vistas of the provinces below. Glimpses of town and country, of people of...
- 1966
Stravinsky
Stravinsky7.71966HD
This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...
- 1972
Ballet Adagio
Ballet Adagio6.91972HD
A slow-motion study by Norman McLaren of the pas-de-deux adagio, one of the most exacting and difficult dances of classical ballet. A ballet...
- 1958
A Foreign Language
A Foreign Language01958HD
This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...
- 1964
Country Auction
Country Auction01964HD
Household effects and farm implements under the hammer. Here is the auctioneer's cajoling patter, the jostling crowd, pungent observations from one...
- 1959
Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche
Télesphore Légaré, garde-pêche01959HD