There's a "silver lining in every cloud" as Donald O'Neary turns every misfortune his two neighbours can engineer into gold coins. Against the background of the Irish countryside, the customary "rich but dumb" characters meet their match in the "poor but crafty" hero. The story introduces the student to our rich multicultural background through the exploration of folklore of one of the peoples that make up Canada's cultural mosaic.

Historical events are related through the medium of simulated news broadcasting in 1878.

This animated short tells a humourous Hebrew folk tale about a man's venture to introduce onions to a far away kingdom and a disreputable man's attempt to exploit that.

A montage of watercolour images of the work and occasional play of a farm family.

A vignette on the travelling calliope (also known as steam organ), a musical instrument that produces sound by sending steam through large locomotive whistles.

This vignette illustrates the variety of professions, people and technical procedures required by the filmmaking process.

A vignette based on the story of John McIntosh, the Ontario developer of the McIntosh apple.

Ice cutting on the St. Lawrence River in the 1860s is illustrated in song and animated graphics.

Life in Canada is reflected by people's comments on trees as a tree is shown undergoing seasonal changes.

An animated film about the hardships of voyageurs' lives in the early Canadian fur trade.