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Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports (14)

Winter Activities (6)

  • Eye Witness No. 87.
    Eye Witness No. 87.
    Walter A. Sutton  &  Alvin Goldman 1955 11 min
    Winter Dogs Days: The fourth annual dog derby at Maniwaki, Québec, brings racing teams from different parts of eastern Canada and the United States to compete for honours on the twenty-mile snow-bound course. Steelworkers Go To Press: One of Stelco Steel's ten thousand employees in Hamilton, Cecil Lewis doubles as editor of Steel Shots, a monthly paper reporting on union aims and off-work activities.
  • The Joy of Winter
    The Joy of Winter
    Jean Dansereau  &  Bernard Gosselin 1962 14 min
    How Canadians adjust to their long, snowbound season. Filmed with humour, The Joy of Winter shows people making the best of what they cannot change. From tiny tots to human polar bears the film leaves no doubt that, in the eyes of many Canadians, winter may offer more attractions than summer. Film without words.
  • Les raquetteurs
    Les raquetteurs
    Gilles Groulx  &  Michel Brault 1958 14 min
    This short documentary records the celebration and ritual surrounding a snowshoe competition in Sherbrooke in the late 1950s. The film marked the beginning of a new approach to reality in documentary and prefigures the trademark style of the NFB's newly formed French Unit. Today, Les raquetteurs is considered a precursor to the birth of direct cinema. In French with English subtitles.
  • The Rink
    The Rink
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    Gilles Carle 1962 10 min
    This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers learning to skate, young girls flashing their skates and boys decked out in the colours of their favourite hockey teams. A picture perfect moment on a bright winter's day.
  • Ski in the Valley of the Saints
    Ski in the Valley of the Saints
    1944 20 min
    A panorama of winter scenery and sports in the Laurentians.
  • Winter in Canada
    Winter in Canada
    Guy L. Coté 1953 18 min
    This film shows the influence of winter on the lives of Canadian people generally and, in particular, on the varied activities and experiences of two boys residing in widely separated localities, one in a Québec Laurentian town and the other on a ranch in the Alberta foothills.

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