# National Film Board of Canada streaming site **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 23, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573 "2009-01-23T03:34:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/1 "2009-01-23T03:34:59Z")
It had to happen one of these days - the NFB has added streaming to [their site.](http://www.nfb.ca/) Now I’m never going to get anything useful done. Some of my favourites - [Getting Started](http://www.nfb.ca/film/Getting_Started/) [The Cat Came Back](http://www.nfb.ca/film/the-cat-came-back/) [The Big Snit](http://www.nfb.ca/film/The-Big-Snit/) [Neighbours](http://www.nfb.ca/film/neighbours_voisins/) Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/2 "2009-01-23T04:30:30Z")
Yay! Now I’m going to be up late! Some of my faves are [Blackfly](http://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/) and [Logdriver’s Waltz](http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/3 "2009-01-23T17:36:29Z")
Sadly, Paddle to the Sea isn’t online, possibly because it’s one of their best sellers, but I’ve been having tremendous fun tracking down some of the ones I used to see in the seventies. I just found [The Sweater](http://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/), which makes me think the search engine on the site needs a tune-up… Still, there goes another 10 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/4 "2009-01-23T18:59:27Z")
> [@Flutterby](#): > > Yay! > > Now I’m going to be up late! Some of my faves are [Blackfly](http://www.nfb.ca/film/blackfly/) and [Logdriver’s Waltz](http://www.nfb.ca/film/log_drivers_waltz/) Ever since I saw it when it first was released, I’ve loved the Blackfly song. 🙂 My two favorite NFB artists are [Norman McLaren](http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/director/Norman-McLaren/) (who’s well-represented on the site) and Frederic Back (who’s not). McLaren created probably the greatest film to not use a camera at all\*: **Begone Dull Care** –magnificent in achievement and undeniable fun in execution (though seeing it on the computer isn’t quite the same as on the big screen\*\*). \*Apologies to any Stan Brakhage fans out there \*\*For those living in the SF Bay Area, they’re screening 11 Norman McLaren films [tomorrow at the Pacific Film Archive](http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN17351), including _BDC_. Definitely worth checking out. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/5 "2009-01-23T19:00:00Z")
Well, there goes any hope of me actually getting some work done today. I’ve got some warm fuzzy childhood memories to reconnect with! (Strangely enough, I was talking about the Log Driver’s Waltz to a friend just the other day…) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/6 "2009-01-23T19:59:42Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > My two favorite NFB artists are [Norman McLaren](http://www.nfb.ca/explore-by/director/Norman-McLaren/) (who’s well-represented on the site) and Frederic Back (who’s not). Speaking of Frederic Back, is “Crac!” on the site? I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/7 "2009-01-23T20:10:43Z")
No, that’s why I say the search engine needs a tweak - I had specifically looked for ‘The Sweater’ and not found it. Then I saw it in one of those ‘Related Videos’ lists, and there it was. If looking for the title won’t turn it up, what will? Not that I’ve been spending a lot of time there instead of going over music for tonight’s performance - that would be too much like ‘Getting Started’… ---
**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/8 "2009-01-23T21:14:09Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Sadly, Paddle to the Sea isn’t online, possibly because it’s one of their best sellers, but I’ve been having tremendous fun tracking down some of the ones I used to see in the seventies. > > I just found [The Sweater](http://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/), which makes me think the search engine on the site needs a tune-up… Still, there goes another 10 minutes. This is so weird. This morning I had typed out a post in this thread regarding a film I remembered seeing when I was a kid, hoping for help with identification. I was yammering about this little carved Native floating along in his little carved canoe, but I couldn’t figure out a way to clearly describe it, so I gave up and deleted my writing without posting. Lo and behold, you mention _“Paddle to the Sea”_. I recognized the title instantly. As well, in the post I deleted, I mentioned the very first film I was going to watch would be _“The Sweater”_. When I read your post this afternoon, I thought to myself, “Oh good, someone responded to my post,” and then remembered I hadn’t actually posted it. So, I don’t know how you’re reading my mind, but feel free to continue. It’s a lot easier than having to actually type my thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![TheBoltEater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheBoltEater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoltEater)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/9 "2009-01-23T22:08:05Z")
Awesome! I have a DVD of some of their best shorts, and (apparently like everyone else around here) The Sweater and The Log-Driver’s Waltz are two of my favorites. And anyone who doesn’t think that The Cat Came Back is the single greatest piece of animation ever filmed is dead to me! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/10 "2009-01-24T01:36:29Z")
Ah, they have [Hot Stuff,](http://www.nfb.ca/film/hot_stuff/) a childhood favorite! ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/11 "2009-01-24T04:05:54Z")
And I still haven’t given up hope that the The Railrodder and Buster Keaton Rides Again will turn up… ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/12 "2009-01-24T04:34:02Z")
I haven’t looked at it yet, but is this place have “Cockadoodie”? (not the line from Misery, a short film that was drawn to two small kids having a kid conversation about 25 years ago). ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/13 "2009-01-24T04:42:56Z")
It doesn’t have it. I don’t think I’ll ever find it! (I missed the edit window.) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/national-film-board-of-canada-streaming-site/482573/14 "2009-01-24T07:41:34Z")
Actually, they had streaming before. This is a redesign with a lot more bandwidth, so you get much better quality. some of my favorites: Norman McLaren’s Oscar-winning pixillation classic, [Neighbours](http://www.nfb.ca/film/neighbours_voisins/) [The Sand Castle](http://www.nfb.ca/film/sand_castle/) The eerie, dreamlike [Mindscape](http://www.nfb.ca/film/Mindscape/) produced by pinscreen animation.