Donald Brittain Movies

  • 1983
    The Accident

    The Accident

    The Accident

    31983HD

    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,...

    The Accident
  • 1980
    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten

    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten

    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten

    01980HD

    Ancient pharaoh Akhenaten was almost lost to history. Canadian archaeologist Donald Redford, who uncovered the foundation of one of the...

    The Lost Pharaoh: The Search for Akhenaten
  • 1978
    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    The Dionne Quintuplets

    01978HD

    In 1934, Elzire Dionne delivered five identical girls. The Dionne Quintuplets follows Cecile, Emilie, Marie, Yvonne and Annette through twenty-one...

    The Dionne Quintuplets
  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    01966HD

    This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

    Never a Backward Step
  • 1978
    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power

    01978HD

    Part 2 of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque covers the years between 1967 and 1977, a...

    The Champions, Part 2: Trappings of Power
  • 1975
    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    01975HD

    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...

    Scoggie
  • 1978
    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors

    01978HD

    In Part 1 of this 3-part documentary series, director Donald Brittain chronicles the early years of Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René...

    The Champions, Part 1: Unlikely Warriors
  • 1986
    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle

    01986HD

    The final instalment of this 3-part documentary series about Pierre Elliott Trudeau and René Lévesque spans the decade between 1976 and...

    The Champions, Part 3: The Final Battle
  • 1989
    The Magical Eye

    The Magical Eye

    The Magical Eye

    01989HD

    Features clips from 21 documentary and animation film classics, interviews with NFB filmmakers past and present, and incisive commentary from film...

    The Magical Eye
  • 1973
    Starblanket

    Starblanket

    Starblanket

    01973HD

    At twenty-six, Noel Starblanket was one of the youngest Indigenous chiefs in North America--twice elected chief of the Starblanket Reserve, and also...

    Starblanket
  • 1970
    Tiger Child

    Tiger Child

    Tiger Child

    01970HD

    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...

    Tiger Child
  • 1979
    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed

    01979HD

    Bureaucracy shapes our lives and guides us from the cradle to the grave. This documentary lays bare the idiosyncrasies of bureaucracy, whether in...

    Paperland: The Bureaucrat Observed
  • 1986
    Mobility

    Mobility

    Mobility

    01986HD

    This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available...

    Mobility
  • 1968
    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    Juggernaut

    01968HD

    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...

    Juggernaut
  • 1974
    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

    01974HD

    This feature documentary follows one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all time, Ferguson Jenkins, through the 1972-1973 season. From the...

    King of the Hill
  • 1975
    Arctic IV

    Arctic IV

    Arctic IV

    01975HD

    This feature-length documentary offers a glimpse at the unknown world that lies beneath the Arctic ice. Arctic IV follows Dr. Joseph MacInnis, a...

    Arctic IV
  • 1958
    Setting Fires for Science

    Setting Fires for Science

    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....

    Setting Fires for Science
  • 1985
    First Stop, China

    First Stop, China

    First Stop, China

    01985HD

    First Stop, China is a record of the choreographed performances and the unrehearsed moments of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens ballet company on the...

    First Stop, China
  • 1970
    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    01970HD

    A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America,...

    The World Of Enrico Fermi
  • 1967
    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    01967HD

    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...

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen