Michael McKennirey Trailers
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Most Popular Michael McKennirey Trailers
Total trailers found: 30
You Don't Back Down Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience.
Sons of Haji Omar Trailer (1978)
14 February 1978
Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan.
The Contour Connection Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
As part of a geography course, students learn to do topographical surveys. A stroll at the Champlain lookout, in the Outaouais region, will allow them to familiarize themselves with the different methods in use from Samuel de Champlain to the present day.
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar Trailer (1969)
01 March 1969
"The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar" tells the story of Emery Prometer, a proud bush worker in Ottawa Valley, resisting government aid to support his family.
Atonement Trailer (1971)
12 September 1971
Canadian wildlife specialists work to preserve and nurture the creatures that remain in our wilderness areas - species such as the whooping crane, prairie falcons, bighorn sheep, bison, polar bears, and grizzlies.
Mystery of the Maya Trailer (1995)
01 January 1995
Filmed in IMAX, a young Mayan boy who lives close to the ruins becomes acquainted with an archaeologist (Guerra) and asks her to tell him about his ancestors.
Momentum Trailer (1992)
20 April 1992
Go head-to-head with an icebreaker. Plunge down a twisting mountain gorge. Soar through the clouds in the nosecone of a jet, then speed along with a dog team as it races across a frozen Arctic lake.
I'll Go Again Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
This documentary by director Paul Cowan is about four athletes and a team that competed in the 1976 Olympics.
Judoka Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
The unusual short story of a Canadian Judoka Doug Rogers, who developed, in Japan, a talent for Judo that led him into competition for the world championships at the Tokyo Olympics and subsequent competition at the Pan American Games.
A Great White Bird Trailer (1976)
01 January 1976
This film documents the efforts of a group of Canadians and Americans to save the whooping crane from extinction.
Country Auction Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
Household effects and farm implements under the hammer. Here is the auctioneer's cajoling patter, the jostling crowd, pungent observations from one or two old-timers and, over all, the kindly curiosity of folks who gather to see the end of a neighbour's life on the farm.
Don't Let the Angels Fall Trailer (1969)
07 June 1969
The lives of a businessman and his family begin to spiral downward after he has an affair at an insurance convention.
Gala Trailer (1982)
01 January 1982
A portrait of the Canadian Dance Spectacular, a 1981 show at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, at which eight Canadian professional dance companies all performed on stage together for the first time (Wikipedia).
War II: Total War Trailer (1965)
01 January 1965
A film record, suitable for schools, of the war years of 1939 to 1945, showing major developments from the rise of Nazism in Germany to the first atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
The Circle Trailer (1967)
15 August 1967
Produced in 1967, this black and white film is an inmate's view of Daytop, a drug treatment centre on Staten Island, New York, where addicts learn to get along without drugs.
The Great Buffalo Saga Trailer (1985)
03 August 1985
By the late 1800s the free-ranging buffalo of the western plains of North America were almost extinct.
Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
This documentary shows how an Inuit artist's drawings are transferred to stone, printed and sold. Kenojuak Ashevak became the first woman involved with the printmaking co-operative in Cape Dorset.
Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? Trailer (1979)
04 March 1979
Through rare film footage and interviews with some of the pioneers who made film history, this documentary traces the history of filmmaking in Canada from 1939-1953.
Flora: Scenes from a Leadership Convention Trailer (1977)
10 September 1977
This feature documentary offers an incisive look at Canadian politics at the 1976 Progressive Conservative Party leadership convention.
Meditation in Motion Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
A short lyrical document about an ancient Oriental discipline, this film moves from the streets of China, where the people practice Tai-Chi daily, to North America, where the same movements are executed by a solitary figure in a park.
Harmonie Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
A gentle blend of music, people and nature; a summer camp where melodies ripple off the waves and rhythms bounce out of the shadows.
Lord of the Sky Trailer (1992)
15 November 1992
In this animated environmental parable, we find a people living in harmony with nature, until carelessness leads to the ravens' revenge.
Miner Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
Impressions of a hardrock miner's life, suitable for the classroom, filmed at the Falconbridge Nickel Mine at Sudbury, Ontario, and showing also the increasing use of nickel in today's space age.
People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
The first of two coproductions by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada, People of the Seal, Part 1: Eskimo Summer is compiled from some of the most vivid footage ever filmed of the life of the Netsilik Inuit in the Kugaaruk region (formerly Pelly Bay) of the Canadian Arctic.
Mystery in the Kitchen Trailer (1958)
01 January 1958
Why does a housewife concerned for her family's welfare feed them so inadequately that she endangers their very lives? The film is a humorous and satirical attempt to remind the average housewife that it is not enough to be aware of modern food facts; they must also be applied in daily food purchasing and preparation.
Memory of Summer Trailer (1958)
23 November 1958
An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.
Dinosaurs: Piecing It All Together Trailer (1994)
17 January 1994
A film on the work of artists and scientists, how they go about reconstructing a world that has long since vanished; and, how they imagine what dinosaurs really looked like.
Glenn Gould: On the Record Trailer (1959)
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.
Trouble in the Forest Trailer (1988)
12 October 1988
In this compelling film, David Suzuki investigates the frightening phenomenon of forest dieback caused by acid rain and proposes some solutions.
