Canada’s Early Industrial Films are Useful to Labor and Social Historians | LAWCHA The Moving Past, a website and project that features century-old archival films on a wide array of Canadian subjects, has a few new films that will be of

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Canada’s Early Industrial Films are Useful to Labor and Social Historians | LAWCHA The Moving Past, a website and project that features century-old archival films on a wide array of Canadian subjects, has a few new films that will be of

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Hi Zack. I'm a retired Canadian Labour Historian I like what you post. Check out my archival films about work, The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com 1918-1930. The films Someone At Home, Mailing Trouble and Her Own Fault might be of particular interest. Cheers, D

# History Three more early films have been posted, all from British Columbia. Visit and enjoy! The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com
Archival films made between 1918 and 1930, about life, work and technology from a century ago. Access is free, donations are appreciated. Thank you, David

#history The Moving Past, my archival film project, has added three films to its collection! Three more coming in a few weeks.
The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com. Watch the trailer for a brief look, The Moving Past Films Trailer, lnkd.in/gegVbAep

#history The Moving Past, my archival film project, has added three films to its collection! Three more coming in a few weeks.
The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com. Watch the trailer for a brief look, The Moving Past Films Trailer, lnkd.in/gegVbAep

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

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A story of interest from Canada's broadcaster
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@filmupdate.bsky.social Members might find these government-sponsored archival films, made a century ago, of interest. The Moving Past www.themovingpast.com streams 15 films about work, technology and culture, designed to influence audiences in the 1920s. More films will be added in Fall 2025.

@filmupdate.bsky.social Members might find these government-sponsored archival films, made a century ago, of interest. The Moving Past www.themovingpast.com streams 15 films about work, technology and culture, designed to influence audiences in the 1920s. More films will be added in Fall 2025.

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

#History A story from Canada's broadcaster
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

#History A story from Canada's broadcaster
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

#History
A story of interest from Canada's broadcaster
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

# History www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The forgotten Canadian film bureaus that cranked out morality tales about being a good worker | CBC News Unclean habits and unsafe behaviours are the primary targets of a collection of 1920s government-sponsored films currently being digitized by a Toronto historian.

# History www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

YouTube video by The Moving Past Films The Moving Past Films Trailer

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This short trailer introduces The Moving Past, a film website that streams 15 archival films, made a century ago by the first two government-sponsored motion picture bureaus in the world. Visit the website and enjoy this rare window to the past.
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YouTube video by The Moving Past Films The Moving Past Films Trailer

# History This short trailer introduces The Moving Past, a film website, that features a collection of 15 archival films, made a century ago by the first two government-sponsored motion picture bureaus in the world. Visit the website. Enjoy this rare window to the past.
youtu.be/8UsKHktTSLQ?...

YouTube video by The Moving Past Films The Moving Past Films Trailer

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YouTube video by The Moving Past Films The Moving Past Films Trailer

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#history The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com, streams 15 archival films. Canada was the first country in the world to have a government-sponsored motion picture bureau. By 1918 it had two; one for Ontario, another with a national mandate. The films are windows to century-old workplaces & ideas.

@hallierubenhold.bsky.social Inviting you to visit The Moving Past, (www.themovingpast.com) a collection of archival films made between 1918 and 1929, about work, industry, education and daily life. Canada was the first country in the world to have a government sponsored motion picture bureau.

The Moving Past (www.themovingpast.com) features 15 100-year-old films that bring you inside workplaces to watch autoworkers, stonemasons, fishers, miners and fruit farmers. Among the government-made archival films there are also stories that reveal much about daily life, values and expectations.

Women sewing in the upholstery department at Durant Motors in 1922. www.themovingpast.com/all-films/v/...

#History "Someone At Home", (1925), an instructional film, claims an industrial accident, occurred "because the lineman wasn't careful". This and 14 other government-sponsored films can be seen on The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com, a collection of archival films made between 1918 and 1929.

#History "Someone At Home", (1925), an instructional film, claims an industrial accident, occurred "because the lineman wasn't careful". This and 14 other government-sponsored films can be seen on The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com, a collection of archival films made between 1918 and 1929.

#History
themovingpast.com presents insights into the world from a century ago. Enjoy 15 streaming films, about work, industry and daily life, made by governments in Canada. The first government-sponsored films in the world at that time.

A century ago governments in Canada were making films about work and industry. Visit www.themovingpast.com to see what they were about.

A century ago governments in Canada were making films about work and industry. Visit www.themovingpast.com to see what they were about.

#History
themovingpast.com presents insights into the world from a century ago. Enjoy 15 streaming films, about work, industry and daily life, made by governments in Canada. The first government-sponsored films in the world at that time.

@laborhistoryres.bsky.social See how industrial accidents were explained in the 1920s at The Moving Past, www.themovingpast.com www.themovingpast.com/all-films/v/... watch "Someone At Home", made in 1925.

@laborhistoryres.bsky.social Watch skilled loggers in 1925 guide their timber down the Matagami in "The Drive", streaming at www.themovingpast.com