Gordon Sparling

Based on the 40th Annual Carnival of the Toronto Skating Club. (imdb)

Grey Owl and his little beaver.

A canadian cameo production with Grey Owl produced by special arrangement with the national parks of canada.

1934 Short film covering 24 hours in the Canadian city of Montreal, starting at dawn. Soundtrack is a predominately music with some commentary. The film makes use of montage and other the techniques.

Mermaids are showing all kinds of swimming tricks.

A summary of the most important happenings in Canada in 1949.

Summary of the biggest happenings in Canada in 1950.

Summary of the biggest happenings in Canada in 1952.

This documentary is a compilation of unusual facts about Canada. It includes trains which travel in air, eels which swim to the market, and a ship that keeps afloat with its bottom and sides full of holes. Narrator Corey Thomson gives explanations in this educational short.

The fourth and final game in the 1933 playoffs for the Stanley Cup played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The match, between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers, is described by the well-known sports commentator Foster Hewitt. Hewitt also interviews the players and coaches of both teams in their respective dressing rooms. Scoreless at the end of regulation time, the game goes into overtime: now the first goal scored will decide the game. The Rangers score to take the Cup.

A look into the activities of ice hockey stars during the summer months.

Old Dobbin talks about his flashy relatives, race horses, jumpers, fire horses, cavalry mounts.

This documentary traces the history of buffalo in Alberta, its threat of extinction and the efforts to protect it as an endangered species.

A short documentary about King George VI and Queen Elizabeth who visit Ottawa.

Documentary about skiing in the Rockies. It shows: skiers coming out of a lodge; attaching seal fur skins to skis to give traction for climbing; protecting eyes with sunglasses and skin with face cream; skiers with their guide; two skiers risking their safety by skiing without a guide; the guide racing to stop the two skiers from skiing over a precipice; the two skiers joining the group; and the skiers arriving at a cabin for a rest.

Documentary about curling. It shows: slow motion shot of sweepers clearing the path of the rock; the head of a Canadian championship curling team demonstrating curling shots; taking care of the curling rink; scenes from Scotland, where granite is made into curling stones; women curling; rules of the game; overhead shot of children curling with homemade cement stones; high school curling leagues in Western Canada; highlights of a game; outdoor march by curlers and kilted marching band.

Associated Screen Studios' 'The Thousand Days' is a dramatic, impressionistic review of an historic one thousand days--since September 1939. You see Winston Churchill speaking to the Canadian Parliament, you see activities in the largest machine gun factory in the world (Canadian), factories producing shells, tanks, army vehicles. (imdb)

A compilation of Canadian news stories from 1947 including: long skirts, a new look in women's fashion; scenes of a record snow storm; a representative group of Canadians receive the first Canadian citizenship certificates at the Supreme Court of Canada; 18-year-old Barbara Ann Scott in Ottawa after winning the amateur European and World figure skating championships and being presented the trophy by Governor General Viscount Alexander for defending her North American title.

Newsreel footage of the key events that took place in Canada in 1948.