Movies

This animated short from Norman McLaren features a human skull cautioning Canadians to “keep their mouths shut” in an effort to end...

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

A brisk GPO Film Unit promo for the Post Office Savings Bank: pub talk and daydream vignettes tout penny-by-penny thrift, peaking in a playful Norman...

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

In this fourth film, Norman McLaren explains and illustrates composite motion, where two of the categories of motion occur simultaneously in one...

One of a series of French-Canadian folk songs, this film was illustrated by Norman McLaren for the Chants populaires series. White gouache drawings...

In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....

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

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

An animation film, made without the use of a camera, in which "boogie" played by Albert Ammons and "doodle" drawn by Norman McLaren combine to make a...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

Produced for the National Film Board of Canada

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

An hand drawn animation merged of Colors.

An hand drawn animation merged from two originally separate films. (The films were originally drawn in 1940)

New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

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