Donald Brittain Movies
- 1983
The Accident
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Everything seems normal at a hockey arena until the roof, straining under the weight of the ice and snow that has built up, finally gives way,...
- 1980
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten01980HD
Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the...
- 1978
The Dionne Quintuplets
The Dionne Quintuplets01978HD
In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...
- 1966
Never a Backward Step
Never a Backward Step01966HD
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...
- 1978
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power01978HD
Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...
- 1975
Scoggie
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This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...
- 1978
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors01978HD
In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...
- 1986
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle01986HD
The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and...
- 1989
The Magical Eye
The Magical Eye01989HD
Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...
- 1973
Starblanket
Starblanket01973HD
At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket was one of the youngest Indigenous chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also...
- 1970
Tiger Child
Tiger Child01970HD
It was the time when fire got stolen by tigers so uncle tiger gets his sisters son to get back the fire but when he gets to the village he forgets...
- 1979
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed01979HD
Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in...
- 1986
Mobility
Mobility01986HD
This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...
- 1968
Juggernaut
Juggernaut01968HD
In 1968, a convoy set off to transport a Calandria, the 70-ton core of a Canadian nuclear reactor, to Rajasthan in India. Even the largest...
- 1974
King of the Hill
King of the Hill01974HD
This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...
- 1975
Arctic IV
Arctic IV01975HD
This feature-length documentary offers a glimpse at the unknown world that lies beneath the Arctic ice. Arctic IV follows Dr. Joseph MacInnis, a...
- 1958
Setting Fires for Science
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This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway....
- 1985
First Stop, China
First Stop, China01985HD
First Stop, China is a record of the choreographed performances and the unrehearsed moments of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens ballet company on the...
- 1970
The World Of Enrico Fermi
The World Of Enrico Fermi01970HD
A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America,...
- 1967
Creative Person: Leonard Cohen
Creative Person: Leonard Cohen01967HD
Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's...