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
Iceland on the Prairies
[1941]
Icelanders started to build farm communities in the Prairie provinces around 1875....
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
Facing oppression at home, numerous Ukrainians emigrated, bringing their traditions...
The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites immigrated to Canada in the early twentieth century. They live in farm...
The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites believe popular entertainment threatens the morality of youth. ...
Entire NFB Films
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
Ukrainian communities of the Canadian prairies still follow the Julian calendar and...
Poland on the Prairies
[1944]
The film opens with the traditional Easter ceremony of the Polish-Canadian...
Iceland on the Prairies
[1941]
This film tells the inspiring story of the rise of the Icelandic communities in...
Lost Dreams
[1999]
In Lost Dreams, Kateryna Ewanchuck, a young Ukrainian in Manitoba, reflects...
Photographs
Ukrainian Winter Holidays
[1942]
...
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
[1982]
Ted Baryluk's grocery served a diverse ethnic community in the north-end of Winnipeg...
40 000 Men Needed in Western Canada. Poster to encourage American immigration, 1911.
[1911]
Before the World War I, the Canadian government considered Americans to be one of...
White Star Line - Canada's Call to Women, 1920/30.
[1920]
Women immigrants to Western Canada, enticed by colourful posters depicting...
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