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  • Catapult Canada
    Catapult Canada
    Bill Maylone 1985 1 min
    This short stop-motion animation takes a humorous look at the theme of transportation. Forget trains and planes—the best way to get across the country is by catapult!
  • Jobs that Are Different
    Jobs that Are Different
    1959 7 min
    Travelling Blacksmith: A glimpse of a vanishing trade in Nova Scotia--blacksmithing and horseshoeing. A House Full of Ships: Eugène Leclerc, French-Canadian craftsman, carves replicas of sailing ships. Gold in the Cariboo: Miner John McDougall works abandoned gold mines in the Cariboo district of British Columbia. No. 9 in the series.
  • Steady as She Goes
    Steady as She Goes
    Robert Fresco 1981 26 min
    This short character documentary gives an intimate look at retiree George Fulfit as he constructs his biggest ever ship in a bottle. With infectious good spirits, running commentary and an abiding passion for his craft, George creates intricate tall ships in painstaking miniature, and shares the secret to the question we all wonder: ‘how’d they get that in there?’

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