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James Beveridge (1917–1993) was a Canadian filmmaker, author and educator. Beveridge was a pioneering filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and became Head of Production at the NFB in the post-war years.
Total trailers found: 19
01 January 1959
This short documentary offers a panorama of ancient cities, palaces and temples whose splendor has awed mankind.
01 January 1949
This film shows the growth of cooperatives in the Maritime provinces and how they brought new life and hope to poverty-stricken fishermen.
01 January 1967
In 1967, Canadian documentarian James Beveridge traveled to Kolkata to film director Satyajit Ray at work.
08 April 1944
Land for Pioneers is a documentary about economic development in the Canadian North from a 1944 nationalist perspective.
01 January 1962
In this short documentary we learn the back story of the Buddha – the religion he founded and how it is manifested today.
01 January 1942
The historic post of Moose Factory on James Bay is still a centre of Canada's fur trade. The camera follows Cree trapper George McLeod as he goes out from the post to visit his trap lines.
08 July 1943
A look at Britain's and Canada's defensive preparations against an air attack.
10 July 1944
A look at the development of the Canadian northwest for World War II as well as post-war purposes.
03 September 1947
Colourful puppets illustrate the old French song about Cadet Rousselle, who falls down a ladder, who trips on battlements, and whose dogs will not obey him.
31 December 1950
The story of union branch no. 100. The dismissal of a worker in a factory shows his colleagues the instability of their situation.
06 April 1944
When the Japanese invade the Aleutian Islands, the Allied forces must push them back.
01 January 1975
A 1975 film sponsored by Mobil Oil Company. James Beveridge spent a year in Japan making this film about the National Living Treasures of Japan.
31 December 1949
This short film from 1949 introduces us to the Gitxsan and Tsimshian First Nations of northern British Columbia.
09 November 1958
This short documentary records the rural sights and sounds of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The day of the big stationary threshing machine is almost over, as the machine is pushed into obscurity by the combine harvester.
01 January 1959
This short documentary (the second of two parts) follows Glenn Gould to New York City. There, we see the renowned Canadian concert pianist kidding the cab driver, bantering with sound engineers at Columbia Records, and then, alone with the piano, fastidiously recording Bach's Italian Concerto.
01 January 1959
Canadian concert pianist Glenn Gould enjoys a respite at his lakeside cottage. It is an aspect of Gould previously known only to the collie pacing beside him through the woods, the fishermen resting their oars to hear his piano, and fellow musicians like Franz Kraemer, with whom Gould talks of composition.
30 November 1958
The misbehaving public performs for the camera in a half-hour miscellany of misdeeds. In a behind-the-scenes look at the hour-by-hour operation of a large metropolitan police force, this film presents a fair sampling of what keeps Toronto's police officers busy twenty-four hours a day.
15 April 1959
This Colin Low documentary from 1959 depicts Venice in all its splendor. In the tradition of Venetian painter Canaletto, the film captures the great Italian city’s elusive beauty and fabled landscapes, where spired churches and turreted palaces soar into a blue Mediterranean sky.
08 July 1941
Documentary which tells how Icelandic settlers came to Canada and their contributions to the country's heritage.
