Films we watched in school

[huntinstuff]

When I was in school, we would get to watch.these National Film Board of Canada movies. The teacher would bring in this big tin that held the movie, and I would immediately be the "turn the lights out" kid

Some of the movies had a simple narrative, some just had music.

This one was one of my favourites. I always enjoyed the old way of doing things. Just click on the link and hit the play button

https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunters_asivaqtiin/

[leo]

The ones I remember was Disney’s Robin Hood, and Disney’s Jungle Book. Cold crappy days, so the school would fill the gym and run a movie. I don’t know how I managed to sit on that hard maple floor for 2 hours without my ears getting stretched by a teacher! 😁

[heybert]

I remember watching “The National Dream” all through grade 9. It was a long series about building the railway across Canada.

[JD848]

When I was in school, we would get to watch.these National Film Board of Canada movies. The teacher would bring in this big tin that held the movie, and I would immediately be the "turn the lights out" kid

Some of the movies had a simple narrative, some just had music.

This one was one of my favourites. I always enjoyed the old way of doing things. Just click on the link and hit the play button

https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunters_asivaqtiin/

I started watching this and I enjoy it more then any movie out today,very good.

To some it may seem like a hard life, but I think there lives were much better than most today, families worked together and the kids were involved.

Thanks
JD

[CaberTosser]

In the still photo for one of the other films linked below, I could remember that kid was the one who ate the eyeball before even watching it.

[35 whelen]

I remember the one about a kid that made some kind of small wooden boat that went through the streets and into the river and down into the lake and out into the ocean

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[270person]

I remember the one about a kid that made some kind of small wooden boat that went through the streets and into the river and down into the lake and out into the ocean

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A little birchbark canoe he set sail in the Nipigon River maybe? Paddle to the Sea? I read the book but I think there was a film as well. It was a great little story.

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/picture.php?albumid=2255&pictureid=11044

[Bushrat]

To some it may seem like a hard life, but I think there lives were much better than most today, families worked together and the kids were involved.

Thanks
JD

Yep. To us it might seem hard, to them it was just a normal life.

[Gerald J]

I remember one where a guy hikes into some small lake, sees a large fish rising, ties a fly to imitate something and then catches it. A really nice fish as I recall.

[bat119]

The one I remember best is White wilderness by Disney grew up believing Lemmings jumped off cliffs, others would be NFB Nieghbours, stop drop and roll and those gosh awful french imersion film strips.

[Grizzly Adams]

The one I remember best is White wilderness by Disney grew up believing Lemmings jumped off cliffs, others would be NFB Nieghbours, stop drop and roll and those gosh awful french imersion film strips.

I remember the lemmings and claims it was staged for the movie.

Grizz

[58thecat]

The ones that made you get under your desk....

[CanadianPsycho]

I remember the one about a kid that made some kind of small wooden boat that went through the streets and into the river and down into the lake and out into the ocean

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Paddle to the Sea, i remember watching that first in school, i loved it so much we got a copy and I'm pretty sure I wore out the tape watching it so many times. I actually found an copy of it on download a few years back, should give it a watch again

[Sooner]

Paddle to the Sea is on Youtube, just watched some of it. I remember this one from school as well as the one Huntingstuff mentioned.

[6.5swedeforelk]

I remember the lemmings and claims it was staged for the movie.

Grizz

Filmmaker rigged up a rotating turntable to fling the poor rodents into space.


Show that to kids to balance out the Bambi fable.

[Sooner]

Can't forget the Industrial Arts safety films :sHa_sarcasticlol:

[ceadog]

Not from school, but I love the NFB film about Saskatchwan Grain Elevators.

[270person]

When I was in school, we would get to watch.these National Film Board of Canada movies. The teacher would bring in this big tin that held the movie, and I would immediately be the "turn the lights out" kid

Some of the movies had a simple narrative, some just had music.

This one was one of my favourites. I always enjoyed the old way of doing things. Just click on the link and hit the play button

https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunters_asivaqtiin/



Thinking you may be the only guy on AO that saw the original Reefer Madness? Came out when? 30's. :scared0018:

[NCC]

Last week, the girls and I watched the Log Driver's Waltz and Black Fly vignettes that NFB produced. I don't remember if I first saw them in school on on CBC but I still enjoy them.

[straight]

https://youtu.be/0xqSmIBZHMM
:D

[Ronji]

Last week, the girls and I watched the Log Driver's Waltz and Black Fly vignettes that NFB produced. I don't remember if I first saw them in school on on CBC but I still enjoy them.



These were classics! Remember them well

[Stinky Buffalo]

Remember "Helicopter Canada"?

"MUD!"

The NFB Films are available as an App on the Apple TV - I had it on my BlackBerry Playbook as well, which was cool. I think as a kid, I had the script to "Bears and Man" memorized (I swear they cut out parts of it over time). Some of the narration was done by Chief Dan George as well, so cool.

[huntinstuff]

Thinking you may be the only guy on AO that saw the original Reefer Madness? Came out when? 30's. :scared0018:

Lol

[270person]

I enjoyed the Hinterland Wildlife infomercials in the 60's. This one was my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSMEG8QdVo

[250mark1]

Can't forget the Industrial Arts safety films :sHa_sarcasticlol:

captain safety lol

[Sooner]

I enjoyed the Hinterland Wildlife infomercials in the 60's. This one was my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSMEG8QdVo

That version I never seen in school. Good one.

[Bigwoodsman]

When I was in school, we would get to watch.these National Film Board of Canada movies. The teacher would bring in this big tin that held the movie, and I would immediately be the "turn the lights out" kid

Some of the movies had a simple narrative, some just had music.

This one was one of my favourites. I always enjoyed the old way of doing things. Just click on the link and hit the play button

https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunters_asivaqtiin/

I can just imagine the uproar if that was shown in a class room today!

BW

[^v^Tinda wolf^v^]

Everyone from my generation has got to remember this one! Not only was it on television a lot they also used it for the school films intro from time to time.

The log riders waltz

https://youtu.be/upsZZ2s3xv8

[Jims83cj5]

Anyone remember the one with the little Eskimo children eating the caribou eyes, man that had to be from the early 70’s

[brslk]

Of all the various excellent NFB films I've seen throughout the years, "The Big Snit" is one of my favorites. I still recite lines from it all the time.
"Shakin your eyes here, shakin your eyes there, why don't you just go join some shake and rock and roll band! Shake your eyes at me lady! That's what they'll say!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1S5pAF1YYA&t=18s

"Strange Invaders" is another excellent one. I have some pretty weird taste and an odd sense of humour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb3yrRttYJc

[Reeves1]

This summer a co-worker & I were watching a crew working & I said " They look like Keystone Kops "!

Co-worker had no idea what I was talking about, so he looked up the silent movies & had to agree with what I had said at the time !

Dad made a pile of Super 8 movies of bush stuff.
We all liked the ones where he would blow a hole in a Beaver Dam & film them re-building the Dams. Little Bull Dozers !

[WillyOneStyle]

Paddle To The Sea captivated me as a child. Who was this kid in the woods who could carve and smelt lead?

I showed it to my four-year-old a few months ago. When paddle to the sea floated beyond the reach of the first little boy that caught him My little guy cried out : "No, it's getting away"

timeless

[Red Bullets]

I enjoyed watching these NFB shows.

One tough old bird to go this alone.
Nahanni
https://www.nfb.ca/film/nahanni/


This show was interesting in how a few men together with their families make a life together in the bush.

Cree Hunters of Mistassini
https://www.nfb.ca/film/cree_hunters/

And Pierre Berton's City of Gold
https://www.nfb.ca/film/city_of_gold/

[Red Bullets]

Another great film is from 1958 when a man and his wife go up the Headless valley in the Yukon by boat. It isn't a NFB film but is on line to watch. The best part is when he is finding gold right on the surface and filling his socks with it, only to lose it in a river crossing. Heck of a trip to do with no gun and being outfitted by Simpson Sears. They made the film themselves as they went. They were from Alberta too. Melvin moved here in 1932 from the States and Dorothy was born in Drumheller in 1919. They lived in Calgary. Mel passed in 2011 and Dorthy since then. A great film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1v5N6ovp4

[WillyOneStyle]

The NFB is a real gold mine. My grandfather and his business partner were in a film in 1959 that documented a bison hunt in Wood Buffalo Park. They were sportsmen, but the intent of the hunt was stop the spread of tuberculosis to the greater herd.My dad said there was a screening in their home town of Burns Lake, BC. I have searched the app, but haven't found it yet. Any of you guys remember seeing something like that?

[Red Bullets]

The NFB is a real gold mine. My grandfather and his business partner were in a film in 1959 that documented a bison hunt in Wood Buffalo Park. They were sportsmen, but the intent of the hunt was stop the spread of tuberculosis to the greater herd.My dad said there was a screening in their home town of Burns Lake, BC. I have searched the app, but haven't found it yet. Any of you guys remember seeing something like that?

I remember seeing at least a portion or excerpt from the 1959 film. Probably this film, or parts of this film. This one is from 1985. Around the 20 or so minute mark gets interesting and tells about the evolution and move of the herds to Wainwright and then Wood Buffalo. The film has some excellent older footage and history.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/great_buffalo_saga/

[WillyOneStyle]

Thank you for sharing that,

I didn't spot my grandfather in that one, but it sure explained a lot about the bison of Alberta and why he would have been there. It is just another gem from the NFB.

[1899b]

When I was in school, we would get to watch.these National Film Board of Canada movies. The teacher would bring in this big tin that held the movie, and I would immediately be the "turn the lights out" kid

Some of the movies had a simple narrative, some just had music.

This one was one of my favourites. I always enjoyed the old way of doing things. Just click on the link and hit the play button

https://www.nfb.ca/film/hunters_asivaqtiin/

I remember this film even though I was only 5. I’m pretty sure it was on TV still in the early 80’s. Being born in NWT I was always interested in this way of life.
Times have sure changed. They don’t call it “The Department Of Indian and Northern Affairs” anymore lol. Thank you for sharing ...

[Bigwoodsman]

Another great film is from 1958 when a man and his wife go up the Headless valley in the Yukon by boat. It isn't a NFB film but is on line to watch. The best part is when he is finding gold right on the surface and filling his socks with it, only to lose it in a river crossing. Heck of a trip to do with no gun and being outfitted by Simpson Sears. They made the film themselves as they went. They were from Alberta too. Melvin moved here in 1932 from the States and Dorothy was born in Drumheller in 1919. They lived in Calgary. Mel passed in 2011 and Dorthy since then. A great film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr1v5N6ovp4

I just watched this video. Been years since I first so it. Fascinating and wonderfully done with the equipment they had.

BW

[GeoTrekr]

Not from school, but I love the NFB film about Saskatchwan Grain Elevators.

Thanks for that, never saw it before. That was a treasure :)

Looks like the operator, John Soparlo, retired shortly after that film was made. He died in 2011.

JOHN SOPARLO 1921 2011 John Soparlo passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Friday May 20th, 2011. John was born Oct. 15th, 1921 in Wood Mountain Sask. He was predeceased by his mother (Nastesia) and father (George); brothers Nick and Lee; sisters Alexandria and Mary. He leaves to mourn his wife Grace, son Murray (Marilyn); daughters Deborah and Gaylene; grandchildren: Garett (Melissa), Talia and Kurtis. Dad retired after 35 years from Sask. Wheat Pool. Grace and John moved from Wood Mountain to Saskatoon in 1982, to be close to their family. Dad enjoyed spending time with good friends, playing cards, watching his grandchildren in their sports and being the handyman everyone needed. He especially enjoyed gardening with his trusting companion, our dog Toby. The Funeral Service will take place on Wednesday May 25th at 1:30 p.m. at Windsor Chapel 704 Windsor St. (corner of 8th Avenue North & Windsor Street). Interment to follow in the Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be directed to Porteous Lodge 833 Ave. P N, Saskatoon, S7L 2W5. A special thank-you to the staff of Healthy Life Care Home, where dad made his home for 3 years, and more recently Porteous Lodge for their excellent care. Arrangements are in care of David Schurr MOURNING GLORY FUNERAL SERVICES 978-5200.
Published on May 21, 2011

Google Streetview shows the elevator still standing at the NW corner of Wood Mountain, SK, though it's a little worse for wear than in the video. Loved the old power plant.

[Nikanit]

The one I remember best is White wilderness by Disney grew up believing Lemmings jumped off cliffs, others would be NFB Nieghbours, stop drop and roll and those gosh awful french imersion film strips.
Ahhh yes the french immersion lady..."Oui Monsieur Thibaut...Non Monsieur Thibaut"

I sure loved those films about the Inuit though...including the eyeball one as well as the kid's mom making a balloon for the kid with some intestine. Made me a hunter forever

[Smokinyotes]

I remember when I was in high school grade eleven I think. One evening my Dad and I watched Debbie does Dallas. Very educational. :)

[270person]

I remember when I was in high school grade eleven I think. One evening my Dad and I watched Debbie does Dallas. Very educational. :)


Don't think I could watch that one in the same room as my old man.

[El Carnicero]

I remember we watched one in school called "Special Delivery". Was about a guy who was told by his wife to shovel the walk. he didn't, and the mail man slipped and broke his neck on his front step.
The guy decides to hide the evidence and dresses as the mail man and finished the mail route.
His wife comes home and finds the mail man naked on the couch dead, and assumes that the husband has found out she has been banging the mailman and killed him. It was quite the film to be showing in elementary school and quie graphic as it did show the mailmans "manhood"
I still to this day have not figured out what the purpose was in showing it to us kids, but none the less I remember it to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaFi3DCHjak

[M.C. Gusto]

Tuktu

[Bigrib]

The Lottery - Not what I expected as a younker , freakin disturbing little film , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyhVg31iaQ

I guess things needed spicing up in the days when color was just invented :lol:

[KUDUHNTR]

Can't forget the Industrial Arts safety films :sHa_sarcasticlol:

Yeah, they were Lucky Williams if i remember correctly, they were a hoot!!
When he was running a forklift, a good chuckle would always follow !

[Burrowing Owl]

The only movie I remember in school was *that* movie where all the girls went into one room and the boys into another. Made me more curious about boys after that, not it's intended purpose I'm sure! :thinking-006:

[Texican]

I remember a series of films called 'Survival in the Bush' or 'Winter Survival in the Bush' from NFB. One was on trapping beaver, another on making signal fires and SOS sign,another on making a gill net, snow cave, etc. Only saw a couple at school and several more at home on CBC when I was off sick

[Bigwoodsman]

I enjoyed watching these NFB shows.

One tough old bird to go this alone.
Nahanni
https://www.nfb.ca/film/nahanni/


This show was interesting in how a few men together with their families make a life together in the bush.

Cree Hunters of Mistassini
https://www.nfb.ca/film/cree_hunters/

And Pierre Berton's City of Gold
https://www.nfb.ca/film/city_of_gold/

Watched all 3 of these over the past couple of evening. Great films all of them.

BW