Sydney Newman Movies

This short documentary offers a look at Canada’s Chalk River Project in the late 1940s. While humanity pondered the ultimate threat or promise...

One of Bob Hunt's neighbours' electricity is cut off because she cannot pay the bill. She is assisted by contributions, and the bill is paid entirely...

It's a talent showcase for a singer.

A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading...

This short documentary features a portrait of Ottawa in the mid-20th century, as the nascent Canadian capital grew with force but without direction....

Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also...

The Leslie Bell Singers work during the day and rehearse at night for the joy they find in singing. Here they present widely differing numbers: Echo...

A look at Britain's and Canada's defensive preparations against an air attack.

With simple ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Newfoundlanders are welcomed as fellow-Canadians. Prime Minister St. Laurent starting off the...

First half of film portrays life in port, including rum issue, distribution of letters, and taking on ammunition, the remainder tells the story of an...

A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern...

Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels...

Canada's northwest has been opened up by the Alaska Highway. This film looks at the construction of the highway and at the resources and development...

Documentary films about air mail. Dramatizes the near-collision of a Trans-Canada Air Lines Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra airliner with an Avro...

Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent death.

Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.

This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes...

A demonstration of the basic skills required to ski.

A short film by Roger Blais.

Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal...