Wolf Koenig Movies
- 1958
Country Threshing
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This short documentary records the rural sights and sounds of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The day of the big stationary threshing machine is...
- 1982
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
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Ukrainian-Canadian Ted Baryluk's grocery store has been a fixture in Winnipeg's North End for over 20 years. In this photo study, Ted talks about his...
- 1970
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
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This short documentary traces the life and career of composer Eldon Rathburn. A music lover since childhood, Rathburn used to go to the movies in...
- 1984
John Cat
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Three native Canadians find a boy on the side of a highway who had been struck by a speeding driver.
- 1977
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
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This film illustrates the theory that a sudden change in climate caused by a stellar explosion resulted in the extinction of the dinosaurs.
- 1958
A Foreign Language
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This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...
- 1975
Natsik Hunting
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Mosha Michael made an assured directorial debut with this seven-minute short, a relaxed, narration-free depiction of an Inuk seal hunt. Having...
- 1977
Amisk
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A performing arts film by Alanis Obomsawin, it documents efforts to raise funds for the James Bay Cree and was made at a time when Cree territory was...
- 1975
Perspectrum
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In this animated short, simple geometric forms as thin and flat as playing cards constantly form and re-form to the sound of the koto, a 13-stringed...
- 1964
Age of the Buffalo
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A vivid recollection of the free west of the North American Indigenous Peoples and the vast herds of buffalo that once thundered across the plains....
- 1960
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling01960HD
A short 1960 documentary about physical fitness trends in the big city. Here you see modern man brought to bay by his own poundage, resolved to erase...
- 1961
Festival in Puerto Rico
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This short documentary features Canadian contralto Maureen Forrester as she sings at the Festival Casals, a musical event founded by the great...
- 1960
The Cars in Your Life
The Cars in Your Life01960HD
A light, humorous look at the motor car and the great North American itch for a place on the road. From the comparative peace of Honest Joe's...
- 1958
Pilgrimage
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St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year. They come from California by...
- 1977
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
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A young designer, Selma Bryant-Fournier, starts her career in a large clothing manufacturing firm in Montreal. She hopes to design clothes for mass...
- 1956
Fish Spoilage Control
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In UPA-esque animation, the NFB entertainingly explains the causes of fish spoilage and the steps required to keep today's catch fresh until it...
- 1957
It's a Crime
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A suave safecracker offers his reflections on wintertime unemployment in Canada.
- 1961
The Days of Whisky Gap
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Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were...
- 1958
Police
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The misbehaving public performs for the camera in a half-hour miscellany of misdeeds. In a behind-the-scenes look at the hour-by-hour operation of a...
- 1977
Poets on Film No. 1
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This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: "Riverdale Lion" by John Robert Colombo, "A Kite...