Donald Brittain Movies

  • 1958
    Setting Fires for Science

    Setting Fires for Science

    Setting Fires for Science

    01958HD

    This film shows the scientific study of fires set to buildings in Aultsville, Ontario, a town evacuated for flooding by the St. Lawrence Seaway....

    Setting Fires for Science
  • 1975
    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    Scoggie

    01975HD

    This short documentary profiles 27-year-old Scoggie Watson, a Cape Breton stalwart who clings to the things he cherishes most: the waters of Lake...

    Scoggie
  • 1979
    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?

    51979HD

    Through rare film footage and interviews with some of the pioneers who made film history, this documentary traces the history of filmmaking in Canada...

    Has Anybody Here Seen Canada?
  • 1970
    Tiger Child

    Tiger Child

    Tiger Child

    01970HD

    It was the time when fire got stolen by tigers so uncle tiger gets his sisters son to get back the fire but when he gets to the village he forgets...

    Tiger Child
  • 1985
    Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

    Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

    Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks

    6.51985HD

    The film was about Hal C. Banks, a controversial American labour union leader who came to Canada in 1949 to lead a sectarian fight between rival...

    Canada's Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks
  • 1970
    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    The World Of Enrico Fermi

    01970HD

    A biography of Enrico Fermi, the scientist who discovered the chain reaction in nuclear physics. Follows his career in Italy and later in America,...

    The World Of Enrico Fermi
  • 1967
    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen

    01967HD

    Canadian poet Leonard Cohen, who now resides on the island of Hydra in Greece, is shown in his native city of Montreal. The program explores Cohen's...

    Creative Person: Leonard Cohen