Norman McLaren Movies

The first part of this series by Norman McLaren deals only with tempo. It starts by showing the disc travelling in one move (1/24 of a second) from A...

An animated victory bond message with the advice, "Don't cash in your bonds."

The Korean alphabet, illustrated with animation, spoken, and accompanied by music.

Featuring a voiceover. 1944 test inspired by surrealist painter Yves Tanguy, an improvised moving growing landscape in a surrealistic manner.

In Là-haut sur ces montagnes, Mclaren used for the first time a chain-of-mixes (chiaroscuro) on a pastel-drawn landscape. The idea for such a...

In 1966, McLaren began a metamorphic film in which he explored the light and colour of Canada in this unfinished film.

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...

This wartime publicity trailer by Norman McLaren focuses on wartime inflation and the role of price control. Single-frame animation is used with pen...

The second thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

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...

Mixes with still images, 1940s. A large collection of McLaren's surrealist illustrations. Silent film.

Done during war years. Silent film.

Made during WWII

This 1967 footage shows McLaren at a computer with Evelyn Lambart, Rene Pardo and two other technicians, followed by the animation test some call...

Shows the production of the London telephone directory.

In this film Norman McLaren uses puppets, diagrams, animation and live-action to present an anti-war message for use by peace organizations.

Grant Munro dances to New Orleans jazz music.

The third thematic mini documentary about revolutionary filmmaker Norman McLaren.

Unfinished animated film, 1940s. Silent film.