Stanley Jackson Movies

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.

An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

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....

This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

This short film is a telling portrait of the discourse about and treatment of alcohol addiction in the middle of the 20th century. In a fictional...

The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Québec, and of Performance Sailcraft,...

In two half-hour parts, The Living Machine explores the progress made in electronics technology and looks forward to an exciting world-to-be....

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...

A study of the teacher's vital role in a child's development. Learning through natural curiousity in the pre-school years. Different types of...

One of the most sensational get-rich-quick schemes that took place in France over 200 years ago with economist John Law at the helm.

A cartoon film for young children about the adventures of a little chick from the time he falls from an egg basket and breaks out of his shell....

This documentary from 1945 explains The Veteran's Land Act, which provided for low-cost loans to veterans who wished to purchase properties and...

This short documentary profiles a community engaged in developing sustainable living methods, including food production and small-scale solar and...

This documentary explores a variety of projects undertaken by scientists at Environment Canada's Freshwater Institute in Winnipeg to study the...

A detailed retrospective of animation and animation techniques at the National Film Board of Canada.

How and why feelings of depression carry over from childhood to overshadow adulthood are explained in the case of John Murray, an industrious and...

A child spends two weeks in a summer camp at Muskoka, Ontario. This short film presents a delightful portrait of a young boy's sojourn at summer...

Abnormal shyness in children, its causes and treatment, is discussed in this film. Profiled are three shy children and the confidence-destroying...

This short puppet animation from the fifties tells the story of Magic Bow, a First Nations boy endowed with magic gifts. Magic Bow is in the big city...