Norman McLaren Movies

Compilation of McLaren's Blurr technique.

In this fifth part, Norman McLaren deals not with motion (if motion is defined as a change of location in two- or three-dimensional space) but with...

The third in a series of five colour films that offer an introduction to the basic techniques of film animation. McLaren explains and demonstrates...

The fourth thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

This cinematic travelogue consists of three parts. In the first part, texts and small maps are our guides through Madrid in 1936. We see pictures of...

Advertising cartoon showing advantages of using gas supply and gas cookers.

Early abstract 3d stereoscopic animation by Norman McLaren collaborator Gretta Ekman.

This documentary short illustrates the thematic role of war in the works of filmmaker Norman McLaren, from his traumatic experiences in the Spanish...

"Là-haut sur ces montagnes" sung by Madeleine Lachance is illustrated with drawings and in "C'est l'aviron" a boat sails to the rhythm of the...

A Cockney lad trains to be a messenger boy.

The career of Scots-Canadian animation innovator, Norman McLaren.

A compilation of seven shorts made for the National Film Board of Canada. Features the NFBC shorts, "Nahanni," "Le Merle," "A Chairy Tale," "The Cars...

An attempt to animate an abstract Charlie Chaplin-esque figure.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.

Images supered on a revolving barrel.

An idea for backgrounds never used, late 1940s. Silent film.

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1960s. A test using circles. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.