Guy Glover Movies

  • 1959
    The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

    The Promised Land

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    Pioneers struggle to establish a town in the harsh unsettled wilderness of northern Quebec during the depression.

    The Promised Land
  • 1953
    The Calèche Driver

    The Calèche Driver

    The Calèche Driver

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    A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the...

    The Calèche Driver
  • 1961
    Lord Durham

    Lord Durham

    Lord Durham

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    This short drama is a portrait of colonial administrator, Governor General and statesman Lord Durham (1792-1840). When Durham recommended...

    Lord Durham
  • 1951
    Opera School

    Opera School

    Opera School

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    A BAFTA award nominated documentary following the achievements of a young girl at the Toronto Opera School.

    Opera School
  • 1966
    Angel

    Angel

    Angel

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    In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.

    Angel
  • 1953
    Farewell Oak Street

    Farewell Oak Street

    Farewell Oak Street

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    This documentary presents a before-and-after picture of people in a large-scale public housing project in Toronto. Due to a housing shortage, they...

    Farewell Oak Street
  • 1967
    Flight

    Flight

    Flight

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    Take flight with this short film about the sport of gliding, and enjoy a captivating journey into near space, where all the beauty of earth and...

    Flight
  • 1962
    Buddhism

    Buddhism

    Buddhism

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    In this short documentary we learn the back story of the Buddha – the religion he founded and how it is manifested today. Travel through...

    Buddhism
  • 1952
    Marching the Colours

    Marching the Colours

    Marching the Colours

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    An experiment in film animation, visualizing a well-known military march in abstract, geometric patterns of colour. Bold hues move, march, blend and...

    Marching the Colours
  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

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    This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

    Never a Backward Step
  • 1953
    Herring Hunt

    Herring Hunt

    Herring Hunt

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    Herring Hunt is a 1953 French-English language documentary about the operations of a herring boat off the coast of British Columbia, directed by...

    Herring Hunt
  • 1964
    The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

    The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

    The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson

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    This short film realistically portrays the conflict Henry Hudson experienced when he went in search of an open water route to the Orient, and no one...

    The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
  • 1958
    Mystery in the Kitchen

    Mystery in the Kitchen

    Mystery in the Kitchen

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    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...

    Mystery in the Kitchen
  • 1962
    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec

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    This short biopic profiles Montreal lawyer-turned-politician George-Étienne Cartier as he campaigns to unite English and French Canada under...

    Georges-Étienne Cartier - The Lion of Québec
  • 1939
    Lining the Blues

    Lining the Blues

    Lining the Blues

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    An experimental animation film in which the images were hand-drawn directly onto clear film by Guy Glover. The colourful moving forms capture the...

    Lining the Blues
  • 1951
    De père en fils

    De père en fils

    De père en fils

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    De père en fils
  • 1952
    Canada's Atom Goes to Work

    Canada's Atom Goes to Work

    Canada's Atom Goes to Work

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    Canada, rich in uranium, is harnessing atomic science for peacetime living. This film provides a progress report on nuclear research conducted at the...

    Canada's Atom Goes to Work
  • 1966
    The Quiet Racket

    The Quiet Racket

    The Quiet Racket

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    This short film tells the amusing tale of a man who feels the common urge to escape the city's noise for the weekend. Made without words, but with a...

    The Quiet Racket
  • 1961
    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

    Cattle Ranch

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    This short documentary offers a portrait of life on a cattle ranch, for both its human and animal inhabitants. Featuring sprightly music by folk...

    Cattle Ranch
  • 1955
    The Colour of Life

    The Colour of Life

    The Colour of Life

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    This film probes the perennial miracle of the growth of a seedling, the seasonal upsurge of life in a forest giant, and the mysterious alchemy of a...

    The Colour of Life