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Founded in 1939 by John Grierson, the NFB became renowned for its support filmmakers such as Norman McLaren and for a bulk of work which for many true came to represent Canadian life on film. The site, which is available in French and English, offers a considerable amount of data on its past, organised by decades, as well as information on new productions and activities and a full listing of its 6,200 plus productions. The complete collection of animations, documentaries and feature films is streamed for free online viewing, with some having closed captioning or described video.
The combined archives of the Gaumont, Éclair and French Pathé news archives, with news material going back to 1896. There are a substantial number of streamed video copies of the Gaumont newsreels, making this site one of the leading sources of online historical news footage in the world. The videos use RealPlayer, for connections from 56K to T1, and the quality of the encodings is very high. The catalogue is available in French and English, the latter appearing to have been produced using a translation programme, which has produced some quaint results.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has recently celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, and its site showcases radio and TV clips from its long history. The clips are organised both thematically and by decade and require Windows MediaPlayer. One can also take a virtual tour of the archive, which also contains much ancillary material which serves to put the large amount of data in context. Highlights include footage of De Gaulle’s inflammatory ‘Vive le Québec libre!' speech, Expo 67, coverage of the 1952 Coronation and this interview with Neil Young from 1969 in which he discusses his reasons for leaving the Buffalo Springfield.
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