Guy Glover Movies

  • 1955
    The Colour of Life

    The Colour of Life

    The Colour of Life

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    This film probes the perennial miracle of the growth of a seedling, the seasonal upsurge of life in a forest giant, and the mysterious alchemy of a...

    The Colour of Life
  • 1964
    23 Skidoo

    23 Skidoo

    23 Skidoo

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    If you erase the people of downtown America, the effect is bizarre, not to say disturbing. That is what this film does. It shows the familiar urban...

    23 Skidoo
  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

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    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
  • 1956
    The Boy Who Saw Through

    The Boy Who Saw Through

    The Boy Who Saw Through

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    A young boy has developed an ability to see through walls, much to the consternation of his stuffy Victorian parents.

    The Boy Who Saw Through
  • 1958
    Mystery in the Kitchen

    Mystery in the Kitchen

    Mystery in the Kitchen

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    Why does a housewife concerned for her family's welfare feed them so inadequately that she endangers their very lives? The film is a humorous and...

    Mystery in the Kitchen
  • 1964
    David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

    David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

    David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker

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    This short film recreates the story of David Thompson – a man who, over the course of his lifetime, mapped a-million-and-a-half square miles of...

    David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker
  • 1968
    Fluxes

    Fluxes

    Fluxes

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    Fluxes is Arthur Lipsett's view of the human condition and the mixed-up planet where humans are found. As in his other films (Very Nice, Very Nice;...

    Fluxes
  • 1961
    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God

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    This short drama is a portrait of Quebec lawyer and politician Louis-Joseph Papineau (1786-1871). A proud, defiant man, skillful in parliamentary...

    Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God
  • 1950
    The Fight: Science Against Cancer

    The Fight: Science Against Cancer

    The Fight: Science Against Cancer

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    This Oscar-nominated short explores the genesis of cancerous cells and the mid-20th century state of research into the fight against cancer. The film...

    The Fight: Science Against Cancer
  • 1952
    O Canada

    O Canada

    O Canada

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    This very short stereoscopic film by Evelyn Lambart uses drawings to suggest movement across Canada’s ever-changing countryside.

    O Canada
  • 1961
    Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

    Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

    Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle

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    This film is a reconstruction of Robert Baldwin’s involvement in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837. Though bound to the cause of...

    Robert Baldwin: A Matter Of Principle
  • 1961
    Morning on the Lièvre

    Morning on the Lièvre

    Morning on the Lièvre

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    This short film offers a picturesque tour through the maple-wooded hills alongside Québec's Lièvre River in autumn to the accompaniment...

    Morning on the Lièvre
  • 1957
    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

    It's a Crime

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    A suave safecracker offers his reflections on wintertime unemployment in Canada.

    It's a Crime
  • 1953
    Herring Hunt

    Herring Hunt

    Herring Hunt

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    Herring Hunt is a 1953 French-English language documentary about the operations of a herring boat off the coast of British Columbia, directed by...

    Herring Hunt
  • 1961
    Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia

    Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia

    Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia

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    This short drama is a portrait of Nova Scotian journalist and politician Joseph Howe (1804-1873) and his battle for freedom of press. When, in 1835,...

    Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia
  • 1952
    L'abatis

    L'abatis

    L'abatis

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    L'abatis
  • 1967
    Flight

    Flight

    Flight

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    Take flight with this short film about the sport of gliding, and enjoy a captivating journey into near space, where all the beauty of earth and...

    Flight
  • 1975
    The Housewife

    The Housewife

    The Housewife

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    A study, in film animation, of a day in the life of a housewife, described without words, with a minimum of detail but with a perception all the more...

    The Housewife
  • 1977
    Poets on Film No. 2

    Poets on Film No. 2

    Poets on Film No. 2

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    This short film brings together animated interpretations of 4 poems by great Canadian wordsmiths: “From the Hazel Bough” by Earle Birney,...

    Poets on Film No. 2
  • 1965
    La route de l'Ouest

    La route de l'Ouest

    La route de l'Ouest

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    When was Canada populated by Native Americans from the West? This film relates the discovery of the New World from the time of the Vikings, around...

    La route de l'Ouest