The Rocket

Check out this National Film Board documentary about the man many still consider to be the best hockey player of all time - Maurice Richard



Rocket  ,The by Jacques Payette,  National Film Board of Canada

As a bonus, check out this great animated short, The Sweater,based on the children's book which gives an inkling of how important Rocket Richard was in Quebecois culture.



Sweater  ,The by Sheldon Cohen,  National Film Board of Canada

Norman Bethune - A National Film Board of Canada documentary

This documentary about Norman Bethune was directed in 1964 for the NFB by Donald Brittain.

Many colleagues and people who knew him were interviewed.

A very interesting subject as Bethune's support for Mao Tze Dong has become a controversial matter regarding the Canadian government's involvement with a Bethune Memorial.

It is worth noting that Bethune went to help Mao well before the Chinese Communist leader became the mass murdering dictator that history remembers. Bethune was an ardent fighter against fascism and a physician whose support for socialized medicine came about at a time when the poor were denied essential medical treatment because they were unable to pay for it.

60 Days in the life of a Montreal Police Station circa 1973

Station 10 is a National Film Board documentary released in 1973  "drawn from 60 days and nights of on-the-spot filming in the early 1970s. It is a view of life in the inner city that usually only the policeman has reason to encounter. There are ugly incidents here, but there is also reassurance that people in trouble do have help at hand."                   

Watch the whole movie below:

Sharia Law in Canada: Something to Fear and The Pitfalls of Diversity

This documentary in two parts was produced by the National Film Board of Canada in 2006

Part 1 is caled Sharia in Canada, Something to Fear? and Part 2 is The Pitfalls of Diversity

Bill Shatner makes a few edits to O Canada

The National Film Board of Canada's pro-smoking message

Apparently, cigarettes kill vampires - good to know if you're planning a trip to Transylvania

Dickensian Montreal in the 1960's

A potato fulfils its destiny

NFB animation to get your weekend started

Some classics from the National Film Board of Canada..

The music from Ryan Larkin's Walking makes this groundbreaking work unforgettable:




EVOLUTION:




and to torture you.. The Cat Came Back (try to get the song out of your head for the rest of the day after you watch this!)

Classic cartoons: The Sweater - A great Canadien story

A classic treat: Paddle to the Sea

A classic great from the National Film Board of Canada