Bing Bang Boom: on a Journey to the Playful Discovery of Sound
What's the difference between a sound and a piece of music? A group of curious seventh graders are about to find out in this 1969 short doc.
Documentary
Explore the world of documentary—including biography, history, social and political issues, global cultures, and aboriginal topics.
Hidden Treasures from the Archives – A Letter from Roberto Rossellini
Read a hand written letter from Italian filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, found in the NFB archives. A truly valuable and exciting discovery!
Using Pink Ribbons Inc. To Discuss Cause Marketing With Post-Secondary Students
The following is a guest post by Elana Cooperberg My maternal grandmother had breast cancer. My mother has had breast cancer. I was young, still a teenager, when my grandmother...
On Track: NFB Train Films in Pictures
In celebration of all things locomotive, check out these archival photos and illustrations taken from some of the NFB's essential train films. You can watch many of these films for free online at NFB.ca.
The Movie That Influenced Kubrick’s 2001
Did you know that "Universe", a 26-minute masterpiece on astronomy by Colin Low and Roman Kroitor actually inspired Stanley Kubrick's 2001, A Space Odyssey? Watch "Universe" now!
A Matter of Fat: Inside the Cruel and Unusual Crash Diets of the 1960s
Diets have long thrived at the intersection of desperation and gullibility. Check out these alternately hilarious and disturbing films about crash diets.
In the Flesh: Watch I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling on NFB.ca
This intriguing and at times hilarious vintage film suggests tactics for "beefing up", living long, and living strong. Suggesting that our sedentary lives are killing us, I Was A Ninety-Pound Weakling offers some particularly mid-20th-century solutions for success.
Hand in Hand: Watch 2 Films about Our Quintessential Tool
Discover Donald Winkler's In Praise of Hands and Faces of the Hand, by Tamás Wormser: 2 evocative docs about our quintessential tool.
Freeze! Watch 2 Gritty Cop Flicks on NFB.ca
Check out Station 10 and Whistling Smith, 2 gritty cop films about Canadian crooks and the policemen who chase after them.
Watch the Grandpa of All Survival Shows: Survival in the Bush
Watch Survival in the Bush, a short 1954 film that shows how a little basic woodlore can save a man's life when marooned in the wilderness.
We Were Children: Reactions from Residential School Survivors and Other Viewers
Discover powerful comments left by Residential School survivors and other viewers after watching our 2012 film, We Were Children.
Sneak a Peek at Rae Spoon’s My Prairie Home
We’re releasing a documentary-musical about transgender musician and author Rae Spoon this fall and we have a wee excerpt to share with you. The film, titled My Prairie Home, is a...