Photo Friday | Colin Low’s Fogo Island In Colour
Travel to magical Fogo Island with these never-seen-before photos shot by legendary NFB filmmaker Colin Low in 1967.
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Photo Friday | Eskimo Children on Baffin Island (1957)
Celebrate Universal Children's Day with these stunning photos from Eskimo Children on Baffin Island, by Doug Wilkinson (How to Build an Igloo).
Photo Friday | Fergie Jenkins and the Chicago Cubs
Arguably the finest Canadian-born baseball player ever, Jenkins began his major-league career in Philadelphia before joining the Chicago Cubs in 1966, where King of the Hill catches up with him a few years later.
Photo Friday | Farm Electrification: And Then There Was Light
Most of us take most things for granted. Take for example clean running water, or electricity. Who ever thinks twice about being able to enjoy these luxuries?
Photo Friday | Summertime from Coast to Coast
Peep the stunning pictures below and check out some of our summer films available on NFB.ca.
Photo Friday | Gone (Herring) Fishing
Herring stocks on the B.C. coast are making a comeback after a catastrophic collapse in the 1980s, but the harvest remains controversial. B.C. First Nations, who have long been advocating for sustainable...
Photo Friday | Young, Wild and Free: Hanging Out With Fogo’s Children
Fogo is an island that lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, in the Atlantic Ocean. Though only about 25 km long and 14 km wide, the island has always...
Moms on Film: Celebrate Mother’s Day the NFB Way
Happy Mother’s Day! This weekend, celebrate moms everywhere with this great photo selection of iconic mothers found in NFB films. (Films available for free viewing on NFB.ca are linked in green below each image.)...
Photo Friday | Meet the Indigenous Peoples of B.C.’s Skeena River in 10 Gorgeous Pics
After the Fraser, the Skeena is British Columbia’s second longest river. For the area’s first inhabitants, the Tsimshian and Gitxsan, whose names respectively mean “inside the Skeena River” and “people of...
Photo Friday | 10 Great Pictures From the Set of Norman McLaren’s Neighbours
Get a VIP pass to the set of McLaren’s classic anti-war short, Neighbours with these 10 stunning behind-the-scene photographs.
Celebrate the Year of the Pig With 20 Gorgeous Images from 1973 China
Happy New Year! A lucky and prosperous year to all. A bit of context before you feast your eyes. In the summer of 1973, a small NFB crew was granted permission...
Photo Friday | Check out Quebec City’s Winter Carnival in the 50s and 70s
It's winter carnival season! Check out highlights from two past editions of the Quebec Winter Carnival with this bracing selection of vintage photographs from Canada's oldest and largest winter festivals.