Michael Kane

A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. (imdb)

In order to free his best friend Bondi, Jack Burns lets himself be imprisoned only to find out that Bondi does not want to escape. Thus Burns breaks out on his own and is afterwards being chased by sheriff Johnson with helicopters and jeeps. (imdb)

Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol. Poitier gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub in the depths and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to the breaking point. This one's grim tension to the end. (imdb)

An illustration of a typical 18th-19th fur trade post where Native Americans traded furs and received only a fraction of their true value. (imdb)

After a woman is found butchered in her New York apartment, suspicion falls on her estranged husband, an ad executive who has suddenly left town on a cross-country road trip. He takes along a beautiful girl he met in a bar and a drifter he picked up along the way. A cop sets out after the husband, but he's more interested in shaking him down than bringing him back. (imdb)

The story of the construction of a latter day copy of the great Canadian sailing ship. (imdb)

A cinematic portrait of the fur trading teams that transported materials throughout much of the interior of 18th-19th century Canada. (imdb)

A short history of Canada's greatest sailing ship. (imdb)

An examination of the Viking explorers who were the first Europeans to discover Canada. (imdb)

A vignette on the curious origin of the name of Flin Flon, Manitoba. (youtube)

An ex-Spitfire pilot gives an art class to veterans and youngsters. (imdb)

Two children's portrait photographers are profiled and seen at work. (imdb)

Allan Laird teaches people how to become ham radio operators. (imdb)

In this film Keaton rides across Canada on a railway scooter and, between times, rests in a specially appointed passenger coach where he and Mrs. Keaton lived during their Canadian film assignment. This film is about how Buster Keaton made a Canadian travel film, The Railrodder. In this informal study the comedian regales the film crew with anecdotes of a lifetime in show business. Excerpts from his silent slapstick films are shown. (National Film Board of Canada)

A vignette showing a Hungarian violin-maker at work. (YouTube)

As we see a maple tree go through the cycle of the seasons, a narrator notes of various opinions about trees. (imdb)

Portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the NFB in 1939. Grierson believed that the filmmaker had a social responsibility, and that film could help a society realize democratic ideals. His absolute faith in the value of capturing the drama of everyday life was to influence generations of filmmakers all over the world. In fact, he coined the term "documentary film." https://www.nfb.ca/film/grierson (nfb.ca)

A documentary on the 1978 Commonwealth Games, focusing on eight athletes from four continents, including four Canadians: Toronto boxer John Raftery, thirteen-year-old Winnipeg gymnast Monica Goermann, and divers Linda Cuthbert and Janet Nutter. Also featured is New Zealand weightlifter Precious McKenzie.

The biography of Canada's most famous humanitarian doctor. (imdb)