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Car Industries (11)

  • 100 Miles
    100 Miles
    Louis Bodart 2022 1 min
    Are we there yet? When the kids act up in the back seat, a family road trip gets knocked hilariously off course.

    Produced as part of the 13th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
  • Automania
    Automania
    Robert Awad 1994 5 min
    This short animated film takes an amusing look at city dwellers' obsessive dependence on the automobile. Just as he does every morning, a man is preparing to jump into his car and head off to work when the remote control gizmo refuses to cooperate. The key won't unlock the door! Some helpful passersby suggest several solutions, but our stubborn hero turns a deaf ear. Will he get to work on time?
  • Circulation à Montréal (Part 1)
    Circulation à Montréal (Part 1)
    Bernard Devlin 1955 15 min
    In a city the size of Montreal with thousands and thousands of motorized vehicles, traffic problems are difficult to solve. Here is a panorama of such problems. This film includes an interview with Mayor Jean Drapeau, when Montreal was still the metropolis of Canada.
  • Collector
    Collector
    Kassia Ward 2019 1 min
    A pair of unlikely travellers encounter a young man on the highway who seems to have forgotten that he can be seen. Collector explores the concept of semi-private spaces and how we act when we forget that we might be being watched.

    Produced as part of the 12th edition of the NFB’s Hothouse apprenticeship.
  • Eye Witness No. 54
    Eye Witness No. 54
    Daryl Duke Felix Lazarus , … 1953 11 min
    These vignettes from 1954 cover various aspects of life in Canada and were shown in theatres across the country. Subjects included here are: Ball Stars Start Young: In Vancouver's Little League, baseball players, diamond and equipment are junior size, but not the boys' coaches or the eagerness of teams and fans. An Auto a Minute: This is just about the rate of output seen in one of Ontario's automobile assembly plants. A Railroad Goes to Sea: Swapping steel rails for ocean waves is routine for British Columbia's Pacific Great Eastern Railway, travelling the forty-mile leg between Vancouver and Squamish by railway barge.
  • Final Offer
    Final Offer
    Sturla Gunnarsson  &  Robert Collison 1985 1 h 18 min
    The filmmakers were given remarkable freedom to record the historic 1984 contract negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corporation. Bob White, labour leader of the Canadian branch of the UAW, must also confront his American counterpart from Detroit and succeeds in arriving at a contract that is significantly Canadian. His members had already given him a mandate to fight for independence from the American union. This is an invaluable document for anyone interested in the complexities of United States-Canada relations. It's an extraordinary film about revolutionary events.
  • Henry Ford's America
    Henry Ford's America
    Donald Brittain 1977 56 min
    This feature documentary studies the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America. Focusing on the Ford dynasty, from the original Henry car through to Henry II, the film demonstrates how society has adapted to fit the needs of the automobile.
  • Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 2: The City: Cars or People?
    Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 2: The City: Cars or People?
    Christopher Chapman Jean-Claude Chiabaut , … 1963 27 min
    This short documentary is part of a series hosted by American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic Lewis Mumford, who was particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture. This episode presents a study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.
  • Trafficopter
    Trafficopter
    Barrie Howells 1972 10 min
    This short film is a portrait of Montreal as seen from a local radio station's traffic helicopter. Freeways, interchanges, bridges and downtown arteries are laid out in miniature. A seething, teeming spectacle, this film presents a unique view of the city with comments by the traffic guide, Len Rowcliffe.
  • What on Earth!
    What on Earth!
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    Les Drew  &  Kaj Pindal 1966 9 min
    This animated short proposes what many earthlings have long feared – that the automobile has inherited the planet. When life on Earth is portrayed as one long, unending conga-line of cars, a crew of extra-terrestrial visitors understandably assume they are the dominant race. While humans, on the other hand, are merely parasites. An Oscar® nominee, this film serves as an entertaining case study.
  • Winter Driving: Keep Your Cool
    Winter Driving: Keep Your Cool
    1978 25 min
    October, November ... rough driving days ahead. Winter Driving: Keep Your Cool presents helpful information on how to cope with winter-driving conditions. Starting with the assumption that people are familiar with such general safe-driving habits as fastening seatbelts and maintaining their cars in good working order, a series of winter-driving dos and don'ts clearly put the driver on the right track.