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  • Science Please! Part 1
    Science Please! Part 1
    2001 15 min
    The Science Please! collection uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain various scientific discoveries and phenomena.
  • Science Please! Part 2
    Science Please! Part 2
    2001 15 min
    The Science Please! collection uses archival footage, animated illustrations and amusing narration to explain various scientific discoveries and phenomena.
  • Cosmic Zoom
    Cosmic Zoom
    Robert Verrall 1968 8 min
    This short animation transports us from the farthest conceivable point of the universe to the tiniest particle of existence, an atom of a living human cell. The art of animation and animation camera achieve this exhilarating journey with a freshness and clarity. Without words.
  • The Pirate
    The Pirate
    Michel Murray 1991 19 min
    In this short fiction film, Estelle, the scientist in charge of a research project on water, is getting ready for a conference with the help of her "intelligent" satellite Zenon. But a teenage hacker has found an illegal way to consult Zenon's files. Things look very bad when the hacker accidentally infects Zenon with a virulent computer virus.
  • Universe
    Universe
    Roman Kroitor  &  Colin Low 1960 28 min
    A triumph of film art, creating on the screen a vast, awe-inspiring picture of the universe as it would appear to a voyager through space, this film was among the sources used by Stanley Kubrick in his 2001: A Space Odyssey. Realistic animation takes you into far regions of space, beyond the reach of the strongest telescope, past Moon, Sun, and Milky Way into galaxies yet unfathomed.
  • The Underground Movie
    The Underground Movie
    Les Drew 1972 14 min
    Everyone has wondered what it would be like to dig right through to the other side of the Earth. This animated short takes that notion one step further. Here, the probe is accomplished by an ingenious machine dubbed Old Chucknose, which with the help of amazing gadgetry, bores through every layer of the Earth’s crust and centre.
  • Dimensions
    Dimensions
    Bernard Longpré 1966 12 min
    This short film for kids offers a lesson in proportions in which simple actions achieve surprising results. A man wants a door in a wall. He draws a rectangle and, presto! There is an opening. In the same way, he conjures up furniture. If too high or too low, the raising or lowering of a finger puts everything right.
  • Deserter
    Deserter
    Michel Murray 1991 19 min
    In this short fiction film, the observation satellite Zenon has, on its own, left its assigned orbit and is refusing to send back vital data concerning the Earth's water reserves. Those in charge of the Research Center that sent the satellite up are threatening to destroy this free and intelligent "spirit" if Estelle, the scientist controlling it, cannot make her "friend" see reason.
  • Mirrors of Time
    Mirrors of Time
    Jean-Jacques Leduc 1990 23 min
    This short animated film delves into the mysteries of time: how calendars came to be; why the seasons change; why the year is divided into days, etc. From Babylon to 16th-century Europe, this film presents the history of the measurement of time.
  • The Little Men of Chromagnon
    The Little Men of Chromagnon
    Francine Desbiens 1971 8 min
    In this short animated film, little elf-like creatures emerging from 3 circles painted red, yellow and blue discover the primary colours and their combinations. When they venture into a circle of another colour they find that they, too, change colour. So, how do we make green again?
  • Satellites of the Sun
    Satellites of the Sun
    Sidney Goldsmith 1974 12 min
    Film animation and a knowledge of outer space bring to the screen this spectacular, awe-inspiring view of our solar system. Staggering distances are eliminated through the art of film: before our eyes is displayed the wonder of the universe. Moon, Mercury, Mars, Saturn, Venus, Earth and all the other satellites and lesser matter in space are seen in amazing detail and perspective in their eternal orbits around the sun.
  • Recycle Steel?
    Recycle Steel?
    Tina Keeper 1999 4 min
    In this short documentary, watch sparks fly and molten metal run white hot as it goes from scrap metal to fresh steel.
  • Magic Molecule
    Magic Molecule
    Hugh O'Connor  &  Christopher Chapman 1964 9 min
    This short documentary introduces us to the colorful and versatile world of plastics. Transmuted from coal, oil or wood, synthetic substances can make thousands of new products, from silk threads to furniture.
  • Recycle Paper?
    Recycle Paper?
    Winston Washington Moxam 1999 4 min
    This short film depicts what happens to all that paper we put in our recycling boxes.

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