This short film depicts Newfoundland’s “old times” as seen by Julie O’Brien, an 11-year-old living in Tors Cove. Told in the first person with cutaway shots to the girl’s many activities, the film illustrates the way traditions are maintained, remembered and evolved. This film is part of the Children of Canada series.
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Ben Power interviews his father, Darrell Power of Great Big Sea, and asks what it was like on the road, being away from his family, and how being in...
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Combining archival photos with new and found footage, this short film presents a personal, impressionistic rendering of what it's like growing up...
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A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.
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A documentary from 1987 featuring the life of early Chinese immigrants to the island of Newfoundland.
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One man's hat is another man's treasure when it comes to the importance and significance of saving items of historic value.
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This short documentary includes three vignettes about life off the coast of Newfoundland. In Island of Birds, we visit Green Island, a sea bird...
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A film on the "SAPPHIRE", the oldest identified wreck in Canadian waters. Parks Canada's underwater archaeology team is responsible for the...
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William Wells defends the viability of Fogo Island and expresses his apprehension about the exodus of young people.
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This feature-length documentary paints a lively portrait of Father of Confederation and first premier of Newfoundland Joseph Roberts Smallwood, or...
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An instructional film profiling the dragnet fishing technique as practiced by Danish sailors.
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With simple ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Newfoundlanders are welcomed as fellow-Canadians. Prime Minister St. Laurent starting off the...
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On July 1st, 1916, the Newfoundland Regiment took part in a massive First World War offensive on the Somme, led by the British. At Beaumont Hamel...