Louis Applebaum

Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film critics and historians on the role and influence of the NFB during its first half century of existence.

A boy's carved boat travels through the Canadian wilderness until it reaches the ocean.

Mike, un brillante arqueólogo, se suicida como consecuencia de la obsesión que tiene con una máscara de ritual indio. Antes de morir, envía el objeto a su psiquíatra, este se entusiasma con la experiencia que le proporciona la máscara y prentende utilizarla para penetrar en el subconsciente.

Mike, un brillante arqueólogo, se suicida como consecuencia de la obsesión que tiene con una máscara de ritual indio. Antes de morir, envía el objeto a su psiquíatra, este se entusiasma con la experiencia que le proporciona la máscara y prentende utilizarla para penetrar en el subconsciente.

A film profile of Healey Willan, composer, conductor, choirmaster, organist and teacher. In this film you see Dr. Willan at his favourite organ in the church where he is choirmaster, at work in his study, and dropping in for a visit with students at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto.

The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.

Una revisión del trabajo artístico de Cornelius Krieghoff, un artista holandés residente en Canadá.

This short film depicts how a small Canadian city, bearing the name of Stratford and by a river Avon, created its own renowned Shakespearean theatre. The film tells how the idea grew, how a famous British director, international stars and Canadian talent were recruited, and how the Stratford Shakespearean Festival finally became a triumphant reality.

This slim documentary commissioned by the US Information Service concerns Hispanic shepherds in New Mexico. The makeshift narrative centers on Miguel, a boy on the cusp of puberty who wants nothing more than to go to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and help tend to the sheep like his father and older siblings. It's evocatively shot with a striking sense of place and a good feel for farm life. The film was obviously shot on the cheap (voiceover narration is used in lieu of dialogue, and the film seems to have been fully post-dubbed, sometimes badly), but it's an engaging peek into a rural lifestyle few of us would otherwise experience.

A short glimpse into the world of painter Frederick Varley.

Un agente del gobierno busca una célula de pérfidos infiltrados comunistas en Boston.

This short documentary journeys to Baffin Island. For four months in the summer, the Arctic has continuous daylight. During this time, provisions must be made for the long dark winter ahead. Idlouk, an Inuit hunter, recounts his experiences living in this northern land, where he hunts seal, walrus, whales and polar bears, among other animals. His wife, children and elderly parents each have their own work to do in their unending struggle to survive in this harsh land.

Un supervisor de planta recién ascendido se encuentra en la posición de tener que anunciar el despido de sus compañeros de trabajo.

Terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), el soldado Philip (John Ericson) regresa a Nueva York acompañado de Teresa (Pier Angeli), una joven italiana a la que conoció durante la guerra. Pero, cuando se disponen a empezar una nueva vida juntos, tienen que enfrentarse a los prejuicios y recelos de la sociedad norteamericana y, entonces, Philip se verá dominado por un sentimiento de culpa.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren and collaborator Evelyn Lambart.

Un médico (Mel Ferrer), su esposa (Beatrice Pearson) y sus hijos, todos ellos técnicamente de raza negra, se hacen pasar por blancos en una ciudad de Nueva Inglaterra.

Pintor abstracto, miembro y teórico del grupo Dada en Zúrich y más tarde próximo a la órbita del surrealismo, la obra cinematográfica de Richter experimenta sobre todo con contrapuntos rítmicos y variaciones formales de secuencias de figuras geométricas y abstractas.Este largometraje cuenta la historia de Joe / Narciso (Jack Bittner), un joven con mala suerte, quien renta una habitación y se pregunta cómo pagará el alquiler. Descubre mirándose al espejo, que puede ver el contenido de su mente creando sueños y pone en marcha un negocio vendiendo éstos a la medida para una serie de frustrados y neuróticos clientes.Los “sueños” que vende a son las creaciones de algunos de los más importantes artistas del siglo XX. El resultado es por momentos divertido, hipnótico, satírico, encantador y pesadillesco.Dreams that money can buy es una película en siete segmentos:

Pintor abstracto, miembro y teórico del grupo Dada en Zúrich y más tarde próximo a la órbita del surrealismo, la obra cinematográfica de Richter experimenta sobre todo con contrapuntos rítmicos y variaciones formales de secuencias de figuras geométricas y abstractas.Este largometraje cuenta la historia de Joe / Narciso (Jack Bittner), un joven con mala suerte, quien renta una habitación y se pregunta cómo pagará el alquiler. Descubre mirándose al espejo, que puede ver el contenido de su mente creando sueños y pone en marcha un negocio vendiendo éstos a la medida para una serie de frustrados y neuróticos clientes.Los “sueños” que vende a son las creaciones de algunos de los más importantes artistas del siglo XX. El resultado es por momentos divertido, hipnótico, satírico, encantador y pesadillesco.Dreams that money can buy es una película en siete segmentos:

This short film showcases the city of Montreal on a summer's night. What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting sights and sounds. It is North America's second largest port and, after Paris, the world's largest French-speaking city. With its warehouses, offices, homes, clubs and amusement parks, the city serves as a bright backdrop for a happy couple out on the town.

This short traces the cooperation between nations that resulted in the development of atomic weapons, and how they were used to end World War II. It also makes the case for cooperation between nations in order that the further development of nuclear weapons will not spiral out of control and endanger the safety of the world.

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. The secret winter manoeuvres of the British Army's Lovat Scouts took place in the Canadian Rockies during the winters of 1944 and 1945. In combined operations with the Canadian Army, these elite mountain commandos tested themselves and their equipment in temperatures of -50°F.