On the Spot

School for Charm

Dresden Story

The citizens of Dresden, Ontario, Canada speak their minds about racial problems in their community.

Story of a Newspaper

Laurentian Skiing

Test Pilot

In this short documentary, Fred Davis visits the De Havilland Aircraft factory in Toronto. He interviews two test pilots

The Strong Man

Threshermen’s Reunion

Survival in the Bush

The producer of "On the Spot", a cameraman, and skilled woodsman Angus Baptiste are left in the bush with nothing but an

The Traffic Cop

Javanese Dancing

On Leave in Tokyo

Police Club for Boys

Artist in Montreal

This short film introduces us to the "automatistes," followers of an abstract art form that developed in Montreal. The m

Hidden Power

Movies in the Mill

Judo - Jinks

How--and how not--to get thrown for a loop is demonstrated as Fred Davis visits the gymnasium of the Kano Judo Club in H

Chinese Canadians

Food and Drug Patrol

What is on the spot is the Food and Drug section of the Department of National Health and Welfare, a Canadian government

Korea, After the War

Fred Davis takes a look at Korea in 1954, and gives a sobering account of the realities of war as they affect the Korean

Aviation Medicine

End of Tour

Auto Production

Chosen Children

Workshop for Science

Better Business Bureau

Camera Men

In this film, On the Spot series host Fred Davis sets out to learn about the art of photography. Amateur, commercial, ne

The Magnificent

How to Climb a Mountain

In this short documentary vignette, members of the Alpine Club of Canada display their skill and talk to host Fred Davis

The Doll Factory

Deep Sleep

The Car Mart

Cancer Clinic

Bureau of Missing Persons

Curtain Time in Ottawa

Harness Racing

French Cuisine

The Magic Men

Micro Movies

Montreal Fire Department

Vancouver's Chinatown

Christmas Comes Twice

The Ukrainian population of Winnipeg celebrates Christmas not only on the twenty-fifth of December, but also on January

Routine Flight

Takes a quick look behind the scenes at flight in the mid-20th c., including engine maintenance, flight pre-planning and

Trends in Textiles

Vertical Flight

A visit to Okanagan Helicopters in Vancouver, showing what Canadians are doing in the field of vertical flight.

Two Countries, One Street

This short documentary visits the 3 Quebec border towns of Rock Island, Stanstead and Beebe, and the Vermont town of Der

Maritime Montage

There are two subjects in this film--the cooperative movement stemming from St. Francis-Xavier University in Antigonish,

Lunenburg - Home of the Bluenose

Gold Rush Land

An excursion up the Yukon River along the trail of '98 to Dawson City, part of the Klondike gold rush. We visit a prospe

Food Facts

Prairie University

Forest Wardens

Junior forest rangers learn skills for fighting forest fires, and a volunteer team on Vancouver Island demonstrates sear

Backstage at Parliament

Child Guidance Clinic

Alcoholism

Career College