Wolf Koenig Movie Trailers

Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

This short documentary traces the life and career of composer Eldon Rathburn. A music lover since childhood, Rathburn used to go to the movies in Saint John, New Brunswick, in the 1920s just to hear the soundtrack.

Walker Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some strange ideas about Aboriginal people.

Rebels with a Camera Trailer (2006)

01 January 2006

Thanks to the development of techniques and the adventurous spirit of pioneering filmmakers, among whom Michel Brault occupies a central place, a new way of making cinema was born at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s.

Laughter in My Soul Trailer (1983)

01 January 1983

This short documentary profiles cartoonist, painter, humorist, publisher, iconographer, and teacher Jacob Maydanyk.

Ten: The Magic Number Trailer (1973)

12 July 1973

An amusing introduction to the metric system, presented through the person of George, a tropical fish fancier who is stymied in estimating the weight of his aquarium because he doesn't remember what a cubic inch of water weighs in ounces.

Show Girls Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Show Girls celebrates Montreal's swinging Black jazz scene from the 1920s to the 1960s, when the city was wide open.

Sur le pont d'Avignon Trailer (1951)

01 January 1951

Extravagantly gowned marionettes pantomime this old French folksong, sung by the Trio Lyrique. The song describes the traffic over the bridge at Avignon--the beautiful ladies and gallant gentlemen, the musicians and singers, learned professors, uniformed soldiers, comedians, acrobats, and village pranksters.

City of Gold Trailer (1957)

02 May 1957

Classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold fields over 3000 km north of civilization.

Country Threshing Trailer (1958)

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.

Memory of Summer Trailer (1958)

23 November 1958

An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

Pilgrimage Trailer (1958)

16 November 1958

St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year.

The Coldspring Project Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and upper income levels on a three hundred-acre site adjoining a wildlife sanctuary.

The Innocent Door Trailer (1973)

01 January 1973

A short documentary about urban planning and the harmonisation of old and new building elements in Jerusalem of the 1970's, led by the architect Moshe Safdie.

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.

A Foreign Language Trailer (1958)

02 November 1958

This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada from Greece, Italy, France, Germany or Japan, English is "a foreign language.

Glenn Gould: Off the Record Trailer (1959)

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.

Police Trailer (1958)

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.

Steeltown Trailer (1966)

01 January 1966

A portrait of Hamilton, the Pittsburgh or Birmingham of Canada. This is a rich and colourful subject that encourages imaginative treatment on the screen.

Canada Vignettes: Trading Post Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

An animated film about the Hudson's Bay trading post, and the relationship between fur traders and Indians.

Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson Trailer (1969)

01 January 1969

The photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson were the first ever to be displayed in the Louvre, Paris. In this film the world-famous photographer turns his lens on the Québec scene, finding there the same fascination with form and movement that gives his work a mark of individuality.

Exeter Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

Exeter Cathedral in Devonshire, England, is considered to be the finest example of architecture of the Decorated period, 1250-1350.

No Apple for Johnny Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

This animated short is the visual enactment of the year-long obstacle course run by a teacher trainee.

Ananse's Farm Trailer (1973)