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...
The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites believe popular entertainment threatens the morality of youth. ...
The Hutterites
[1964]
Hutterites have lived in religion-based communities since the 16th century. ...
One Sunday in Canada
[1961]
Italians first began immigration to Montreal at the beginning of the 20th century....
Entire NFB Films
Older Stronger Wiser
[1989]
Five Black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s...
Dresden Story
[1954]
This film goes to Dresden, Ontario, to sample local attitudes towards the racial...
Paul Tomkowicz: Street-railway Switchman
[1953]
In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with...
Steel Blues
[1976]
Pablo, Chilean emigrant, ex-professor, seeks work in a Montréal steel mill. Cut off...
Photographs
Examining new arrivals in Immigration Examination Hall.
[1952]
During the peak periods at Halifax's Pier 21 Examination Hall, up to a thousand...
In the Shadow of Gold Mountain
[2004]
Between 1881 and 1884, over 10,000 Chinese labourers came to Canada to complete the...
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