Norman McLaren Movies

  • 1937
    News for the Navy

    News for the Navy

    News for the Navy

    5.31937HD

    Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

    News for the Navy
  • 1946
    Chants populaires nº 6

    Chants populaires nº 6

    Chants populaires nº 6

    01946HD

    "Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

    Chants populaires nº 6
  • 1950
    Pas de deux 5

    Pas de deux 5

    Pas de deux 5

    01950HD

    An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

    Pas de deux 5
  • 1936
    Defence of Madrid

    Defence of Madrid

    Defence of Madrid

    01936HD

    This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

    Defence of Madrid
  • 1939
    Love on the Wing

    Love on the Wing

    Love on the Wing

    61939HD

    Animation featuring dancing black and white shadows.

    Love on the Wing
  • 2006
    Painting with Light

    Painting with Light

    Painting with Light

    02006HD

    The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

    Painting with Light
  • 1947
    Fiddle De-Dee

    Fiddle De-Dee

    Fiddle De-Dee

    4.91947HD

    A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

    Fiddle De-Dee
  • 1978
    Animated Motion: Part 5

    Animated Motion: Part 5

    Animated Motion: Part 5

    5.21978HD

    In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

    Animated Motion: Part 5
  • 1959
    Mail Early for Christmas

    Mail Early for Christmas

    Mail Early for Christmas

    3.61959HD

    In this pre-Christmas reminder to mail early, filmmaker Norman McLaren used an electric vibra-drill to engrave the images on black film, and included...

    Mail Early for Christmas
  • 1944
    A Rainy Day

    A Rainy Day

    A Rainy Day

    01944HD

    An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

    A Rainy Day
  • 1963
    Seven Surprizes

    Seven Surprizes

    Seven Surprizes

    01963HD

    A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

    Seven Surprizes
  • 1937
    Book Bargain

    Book Bargain

    Book Bargain

    51937HD

    Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

    Book Bargain
  • 1977
    Animated Motion: Part 2

    Animated Motion: Part 2

    Animated Motion: Part 2

    51977HD

    In this short animation film, Norman McLaren presents the first 3 of the 5 categories of motion: constant, accelerated and decelerated. Various types...

    Animated Motion: Part 2
  • 1959
    Short and Suite

    Short and Suite

    Short and Suite

    61959HD

    A color cocktail by Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart, translating into moving patterns of color and light the moods of music written for a jazz...

    Short and Suite
  • 2006
    The Hypnosis Film

    The Hypnosis Film

    The Hypnosis Film

    02006HD

    1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

    The Hypnosis Film
  • 2003
    Six and Seven-Eighths

    Six and Seven-Eighths

    Six and Seven-Eighths

    32003HD

    Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

    Six and Seven-Eighths
  • 1949
    A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

    A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

    A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949

    01949HD

    Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

    A Summer Day in Ottawa in 1949
  • 1949
    McLaren in Ottawa

    McLaren in Ottawa

    McLaren in Ottawa

    01949HD

    A Norman McLaren Animated Film

    McLaren in Ottawa
  • 1951
    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    Now Is the Time

    41951HD

    Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

    Now Is the Time
  • 1935
    Camera Makes Whoopee

    Camera Makes Whoopee

    Camera Makes Whoopee

    5.21935HD

    Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.

    Camera Makes Whoopee