Tommy Tweed

Tommy Tweed

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Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Title: Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In this short docu-fiction film, strong and hardy Inuit hunters demonstrate and test their strength in boxing, tug-of-war, and other strenuous activities. We see and hear the drum dance, a demonstration of Inuit poetry and rhythm.
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The Incredible Journey
Title: The Incredible Journey
Character: The Hermit
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
The story of three pets, a cat and two dogs, who lose their owners when they are all on vacation. Can they find their way home?
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Title: Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
Character: Ned Weaver
Released: April 3, 1957
Type: TV
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans was set in New York's Hudson Valley during the French and Indian war in the 1750's and depicted the adventures of Hawkeye and his Indian blood brother Chingachgook, the last member of the Mohican tribe. The series based on stories by James Fenimore Cooper.
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Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
Title: Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
Character: Narrator
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to the life he knew in Poland, marvelling at the freedom Canadians enjoy. In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with freezing mud and snow. Keeping them clean, whatever the weather, was the job of the switchman.
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The Calèche Driver
Title: The Calèche Driver
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A tongue-in-cheek archival film documenting a day in the life of a veteran horse-drawn carriage driver. Though the tourists that flock to the historic avenues of the Old City have changed considerably, the Old World charm of Québec City is timeless.
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Wings of Mercy
Title: Wings of Mercy
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 2, 1947
Type: Movie
This short film takes a look at Saskatchewan’s air ambulance service, organized and operated by experienced flyers who provide speedy hospitalization and treatment to the ill and injured. Within 15 minutes of receiving a desperate phone call for help from a remote area, a plane is on its way, guided to the patient with the help of landmarks such as a coal bin or a thin column of smoke on a northern lakeshore.
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Headline Hunters
Title: Headline Hunters
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Headline Hunters is an 11-minute 1945 Canadian documentary film, part of the wartime Canada Carries On series, produced by Alan Field. The short film was made by the National Film Board of Canada. The film was a tribute to Canadian war correspondents who reported from the front lines in the Second World War.
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Fishing Partners
Title: Fishing Partners
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
How a scientist helped the fishermen in a Gaspe fishing village.
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Windbreaks on the Prairies
Title: Windbreaks on the Prairies
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 2, 1943
Type: Movie
This short film serves as a cautionary tale to farmers who recklessly cut down trees on their land. When prairie farmers engaged in this practice to facilitate plowing, they discovered that the trees had served as windbreaks protecting top soil from erosion. The Dominion Department of Agriculture's experimental station at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, cultivated acres of young trees for distribution to farmers.