See everything, hear everything
Watch 60 films, 170 excerpts and over 80 archival artefacts selected by NFB specialists as part of this unique project.
Excerpts from NFB films
When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
Fe Bertrand is a Filipina woman who came to Canada under a Canadian Government...
A Scent of Mint
[2002]
Pierre Sidaoui left Lebanon during that country's civil war. He eventually moved...
Lost Dreams
[1999]
A young Canadian woman of Ukrainian origin relates the story of her father's...
Strangers for the Day
[1962]
Emigrating from Syria to Canada, a man and his daughter are on a train heading for...
Entire NFB Films
When Strangers Re-Unite
[1999]
Every year thousands of women enter Canada as domestic servants, the majority of...
Lost Dreams
[1999]
In Lost Dreams, Kateryna Ewanchuck, a young Ukrainian in Manitoba, reflects...
A Scent of Mint
[2002]
Growing up in the small Lebanese town of Abey, Pierre Sidaoui had a carefree...
Bamboo, Lions and Dragons
[1981]
Two families, the Changs and the Lims, tell the story of the Chinese community in...
Photographs
20 ans après...
[1977]
Since 1956 many Moroccan Jews have immigrated to Quebec drawn by the predominance of...
Examining new arrivals in Immigration Examination Hall.
[1952]
During the peak periods at Halifax's Pier 21 Examination Hall, up to a thousand...
Quelques arpents de neige
[1977]
...
Quarantine questionnaire.
[1832]
The compulsory completion of the quarantine questionnaire for each ship passenger at...
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