Crb Foundation Ca Movies

  • 1992
    Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher

    Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher

    Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher

    01992HD

    Teacher Kate Henderson sways school trustees to embrace new methods, and the event is represented in the famous painting by Robert Harris: A Meeting...

    Heritage Minutes: Rural Teacher
  • 1995
    Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier

    Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier

    Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier

    01995HD

    One of Canada's most remarkable families works tirelessly to aid displaced persons and refugees during the Second World War.

    Heritage Minutes: Pauline Vanier
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Valour Road

    Heritage Minutes: Valour Road

    Heritage Minutes: Valour Road

    01991HD

    Three men from Pine Street in Winnipeg win the Victoria Cross in World War I, and the street's name is changed to Valour Road in their honour.

    Heritage Minutes: Valour Road
  • 1997
    Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr

    Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr

    Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr

    01997HD

    The ferry command pilot delivers fighter planes to Britain during the Second World War, and plans her post-war career as Canada's first female flight...

    Heritage Minutes: Marion Orr
  • 1995
    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull

    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull

    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull

    01995HD

    Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

    Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion

    Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion

    Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion

    01991HD

    Train dispatcher Vince Coleman sacrifices his own life to save a train from the Halifax Explosion.

    Heritage Minutes: Halifax Explosion
  • 1997
    Heritage Minutes: Frontier College

    Heritage Minutes: Frontier College

    Heritage Minutes: Frontier College

    01997HD

    A volunteer teacher brings basic literacy and mathematical skills to a lumber and work camp in the Canadian bush.

    Heritage Minutes: Frontier College
  • 1992
    Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac

    Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac

    Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac

    01992HD

    New France, under the leadership of French governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, repels the British invasion at the Battle of Quebec

    Heritage Minutes: Governor Frontenac
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Maurice

    Heritage Minutes: Maurice "Rocket" Richard

    Heritage Minutes: Maurice "Rocket" Richard

    01991HD

    After moving his family from one end of Montréal to the other, the hockey legend scores 5 goals toward a 9–1 victory against the Detroit...

    Heritage Minutes: Maurice
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield

    Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield

    Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield

    01991HD

    A one-minute vignette on renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Wilder Penfield's pioneering procedure to cure epilepsy.

    Heritage Minutes: Wilder Penfield
  • 1997
    Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey

    Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey

    Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey

    01997HD

    Legal scholar, jurist, and human rights advocate John Humphrey drafts the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    Heritage Minutes: John Humphrey
  • 1993
    Heritage Minutes: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

    Heritage Minutes: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

    Heritage Minutes: Joseph-Armand Bombardier

    01993HD

    Inventor Joseph-Armand Bombardier and the beginnings of his passion for engineering.

    Heritage Minutes: Joseph-Armand Bombardier
  • 1993
    Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau

    Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau

    Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau

    01993HD

    Engineer Thomas Wardrope Eadie develops the Trans Canada Microwave telecommunications network.

    Heritage Minutes: Le Réseau
  • 1995
    Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital

    Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital

    Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital

    01995HD

    The town of Myrnam, Alberta forms a non-denominational hospital.

    Heritage Minutes: Myrnam Hospital
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Responsible Government

    Heritage Minutes: Responsible Government

    Heritage Minutes: Responsible Government

    01991HD

    Queen Victoria decides to grant Canada responsible government after the crushing of the Rebellions of 1837.

    Heritage Minutes: Responsible Government
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad

    Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad

    Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad

    01991HD

    An African American escapes to Canada along the Underground Railroad.

    Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad
  • 1993
    Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

    Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

    Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord

    01993HD

    Canadian heroine Laura Secord aids the British in the War of 1812 with an overland trek to warn of an American military advance.

    Heritage Minutes: Laura Secord
  • 1997
    Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow

    Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow

    Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow

    61997HD

    Canadian aerospace engineers design and test the world's fastest, most advanced interceptor aircraft.

    Heritage Minutes: Avro Arrow
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: John Cabot

    Heritage Minutes: John Cabot

    Heritage Minutes: John Cabot

    01991HD

    Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot discovers the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and runs "aground" on a bounty of fish.

    Heritage Minutes: John Cabot
  • 1991
    Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout

    Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout

    Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout

    01991HD

    The first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada faces prejudice in the classroom.

    Heritage Minutes: Jennie Trout