It is with a very sad and heavy heart to announce the passing of a much loved, and respected friend of the Canadian Film Archival community; Rosemary Bergeron, January 9th,…
(Above featured image: Credit Crawley Films/Videocraft, courtesy James Forrester) Canadian filmmakers were very successful this year during the 98th Academy Awards held on March 15th , 2026, at the Dolby…
*The password is the last name of the Captain of the ship (case sensitive)* Canadian Government Arctic Expedition of 1924 This documentary was produced by the Canadian Government Motion Picture…
*The passcode to view the film is the last name of the cinematographer (case-sensitive)… “Pretty Sally Sophomore decides to see the world from a mountain-top! So she chooses towering, eleven…
“Hurry, hurry, hurry!…step right up to see the latest thing in show business…the Big Top on ice! See the only dragon in captivity…the ferocious “wild beasts”…the Dance of death…all a…
LIBRARY & ARCHIVES CANADA: THE MAN BEHIND How a Motion Picture is Projected: A Paramount Pictograph circa 1920. This film was part of a cache of 28mm prints found in…
It is with a sad heart that I share the news of the passing of Michal Ann Crawley, and her son Patrick Lawrence Crosley. I first met Michal when working…
Presenting the Canadian Cameo Series “Launched in 2014, CanFilmDay has brought together hundreds of thousands of Canadians, to celebrate our stories and the incredible achievements of our filmmakers. Whether you…
by James A. Forrester F. R. “Budge” Crawley (1911-1987) was a notable Canadian pioneer film producer who co-founded Crawley Films in Ottawa with his wife Judith (Sparks) Crawley (1914 -1986),…
"All too often people dealing with history, studying history, think only of what's in a book, what's in the printed word. So, we wanted to tell people that really, there's…