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  1. Promise for Tomorrow, A (1975 Film)

    Subject
    Environmental science; Law
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Outlines the Canadian government’s proposal, advanced in 1975 at the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, that coastal states should be empowered to extend their jurisdiction in matters...

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  2. Herzberg: Review and Evaluation (1979 Film, Video)

    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Herzberg discusses his methods and motivations in spectroscopic research. Gives an elementary historical outline of emission/absorption spectroscopy from Newton to the grating spectrograph. A brief mention...

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  3. Hecklers, The (1985 Film)

    Director
    Ian McLaren
    Producer
    Wolf Koenig; Ian McLaren
    Subject
    Art; History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Animation film viewing Canada’s history as seen by political cartoonists. Includes the cartoons of more than fifty Canadian artists, commentary by contemporary cartoonists including Duncan Macpherson,...

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  4. Charting the Frozen Sea (1982)

    Director
    Guy Dufaux
    Subject
    Geography; Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Safe navigation corridors through Arctic waters are necessary if Canada is to exploit and transport Arctic oil and gas reserves in the coming decade. Looks at the work of the research ship ‘CSS Hudson’...

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  5. Mysterious Milkfish, The (1982 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neill McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents how researchers at the South East Asian Fisheries Development Centre in the Philippines have succeeded in breeding milkfish in captivity.

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  6. Trees of Hope (1985 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neil McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Documents the rapid deforestation of Africa and analyses various solutions such as shifting to solar energy and improving traditional stores. Shot in Niger, Mali, Sengal and Nigeria, it shows how people are...

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  7. Basque Whalers of Labrador, The (1984 Film)

    Producer
    Paul Cadieux; Thomas Cadieux
    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Red Bay, Labrador, in 1978, a Basque whaling ship dating from the 16th century was discovered in water only dozens of feet deep. The discovery meant that Basque fisherman had whaled off the coasts of...

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  8. Castleguard Cave (1974 Film)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Castleguard is an alpine cave under the Columbia icefield in Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. In 1973 a group of speleologists, led by Derek Ford, set out to explore this system. Demonstrates the...

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  9. China Mission: The Chester Ronning Story (1980 Film)

    Director
    Tom Radford
    Producer
    Michael Scott; Lydia Semotuk
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Horsebreaker, diplomat, politician and teacher Chester Ronning grew up as the son of missionaries in China. He experienced the Boxer Rebellion and the civil war there, and later became a teacher in Alberta....

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  10. Trees of Plenty (1986 Film, Video)

    Director
    Neil McKee
    Subject
    Agriculture; Development studies; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In Nepal, the Central American rain forests of Costa Rica and in Nigeria, slash-and-burn farming methods are showing long-term harmful effects. Where trees have been cleared the top soil becomes eroded and...

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