Sydney Newman Movies

Saville is told by a palm reader he is doomed to become a murderer at some future time. He decides to get the inevitable out of the way before his...

The personal and social tragedy of drug addiction with its evil accompaniment, drug traffic. Over the side of the silent liner in the darkness slips...

Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels...

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

Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent death.

The cast and crew's memories of the creation of the Daleks and the making of The Daleks.

This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes...

A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.

This short film depicts the strength and resources of the Royal Canadian Air Force, with its 32 overseas squadrons. It includes footage that explains...

At the Canadian National Exhibition, a young boy gets separated from his parents and meets some celebrities.

This short documentary offers a look at Canada’s Chalk River Project in the late 1940s. While humanity pondered the ultimate threat or promise...

Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black...

Montreal’s Botanical Gardens are a storehouse of the wonders of nature. From all over the world scientists have gathered a living collection of...

First half of film portrays life in port, including rum issue, distribution of letters, and taking on ammunition, the remainder tells the story of an...

This short documentary is part of the Canada Carries On series. At the end of World War II there were sixty million sick and starving children in...

During World War II Norwegian patriots struck at Germany from the rear, linking Canada, the United States and Britain with Soviet Russia. Norwegian...

It's a talent showcase for a singer.

A demonstration of the basic skills required to ski.

Canada's progress in jet aviation is seen in relation to that of other countries.

This short film showcases the city of Montreal on a summer's night. What was once a small Indian village is presented as a pot-pourri of contrasting...