An egg desperately tries to prevent being hatched. In this animated short from the Canada Vignette series, learn how societies in evolution are often in danger of self-destruction.

A watercolour evocation of a prairie storm coming after a period of severe drought.

This animated short illustrates how at one time horses provided man with unprecedented mobility and how the arrival of the iron horse brought this era to an end.

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

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.