F.R. Crawley

Beaver Dam

F.R. Crawley

The great appeal of this film is watching the beaver at work, busily and cheerfully demonstrating the characteristics for which it is famous. Sometimes, however, the beaver's industry runs counter to the plans of people. When the beaver's dam floods their father's hayfield, two boys devise a plan to save the beaver from their father's displeasure.

The Loon's Necklace

F.R. Crawley

George Gorman

The Tsimshian legend of a blind old medicine man and the origin of the distinctive white pattern on the neck of the loon.

Newfoundland Scene

F.R. Crawley

Frank Peddle, Gordon Pinsent

A portrait of Newfoundland that records a way of life that has all but disappeared.

Return to Oz

Thomas Glynn, F.R. Crawley

Larry D. Mann, Alfie Scopp

Rather than adapt a later or create a new Oz story, this production has Dorothy still in posession of the shoes, and she clings to an apple tree during a tornado which takes her back to Oz. The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion (using the names created for the nearly-abstract television series, Tales of the Wizard of Oz, from which this was derived) have had their MGM gifts destroyed by the restored Wicked Witch, and the four proceed to the Wizard for help, who is ineffectual as usual.

Call for Volunteers

F.R. Crawley

Terence O'Dell

This short archival film from WWII depicts how the women of Winnipeg opened a volunteer bureau and enlisted 7000 women into the war effort. Through a variety of activities, these women extended and maintained social services during the war.