Grant Crabtree

Most Popular Grant Crabtree Trailers

Total trailers found: 12

Morning on the Lièvre Trailer (1961)

01 June 1961

This short film offers a picturesque tour through the maple-wooded hills alongside Québec's Lièvre River in autumn to the accompaniment of acclaimed poet Archibald Lampman’s poem Morning on the Lièvre.

Women at Work Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

An introduction to the employment picture in Canada in the late 1950s, designed to inform potential immigrants of job opportunities existing for women.

The Changing Forest Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

A brief essay on the ecology of a forest along the Laurentian Shield, in Quebec.

The Chairmaker and the Boys Trailer (1959)

01 January 1959

Story of a young boy and his grandpa, a carpenter with a hearing impairment. The young boy frolics joyfully in the rural landscape, but eventually he'll need to learn a lesson from his grandpa about safety, responsibility, and maturity.

Songs of Nova Scotia Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

Dr. Helen Creighton explores her native Nova Scotia, finding singers and songs in order to document the fast-receding folklore of the early pioneers on her tape recorder.

The Loon's Necklace Trailer (1949)

01 January 1949

The Tsimshian legend of a blind old medicine man and the origin of the distinctive white pattern on the neck of the loon.

Song of Seasons Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

An exploration of the changing seasons and changes in the way of life on Cape Breton Island, Song of Seasons was filmed and written by Grant Crabtree.

Moses Coady Trailer (1976)

01 January 1976

The film is about Moses Coady, who was called many things in his lifetime, but who proved to be the most effective social reformer Canada has known.

Making a Mask Trailer (1951)

01 January 1951

The film "Making a Mask" demonstrates the process of creating masks using simple materials like newspaper, paste, and clay.

Klee Wyck Trailer (1946)

02 January 1946

This short documentary from the Canadian Artists series presents the art of Emily Carr, the Canadian painter who found exciting subject matter on British Columbia's Pacific Coast, with its giant trees and its Indigenous villages, totems and carvings.

Money Minters Trailer (1958)

01 January 1958

The Chinese long ago used porcelain tokens and Indigenous Peoples used wampum as legal tender, but today's currency is generally made of three metals - silver, copper, nickel.

Ukrainian Winter Holidays Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

Ukrainian communities of the Canadian prairies still follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on the seventh of January.