Norman McLaren Movies

This uncompleted film uses a technique invented by McLaren in the 1930s; the travelling zoom. McLaren's intention was to make the corridor gradually...

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

An unfinished animated short by Norman McLaren.

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

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

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.

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"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.