Movies: Stanley Jackson

  • 1953
    The Ballot-o-Maniac

    The Ballot-o-Maniac (1953)

    The Ballot-o-Maniac

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    An enthusiastic but naive campaign worker causes trouble for his candidate due to his unorthodox campaign tactics, which turn out to violate the election law....

    The Ballot-o-Maniac
  • 1944
    Home to the Land

    Home to the Land (1944)

    Home to the Land

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    This documentary from 1945 explains The Veteran's Land Act, which provided for low-cost loans to veterans who wished to purchase properties and re-establish themselves in Canada after the war. The loans were for properties ranging from town lots to f...

    Home to the Land
  • 1954
    One Little Indian

    One Little Indian (1954)

    One Little Indian

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    This short puppet animation from the fifties tells the story of Magic Bow, a First Nations boy endowed with magic gifts. Magic Bow is in the big city for the first time, thrilling audiences with his tricks at the Wild West Rodeo. Outside the arena, c...

    One Little Indian
  • 1978
    John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

    John Law and the Mississippi Bubble (1978)

    John Law and the Mississippi Bubble

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    One of the most sensational get-rich-quick schemes that took place in France over 200 years ago with economist John Law at the helm....

    John Law and the Mississippi Bubble
  • 1953
    Shyness

    Shyness (1953)

    Shyness

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    Abnormal shyness in children, its causes and treatment, is discussed in this film. Profiled are three shy children and the confidence-destroying demands of parents that made them that way. Together, teacher, psychiatrist and parents bring about chang...

    Shyness
  • 1955
    To Serve the Mind

    To Serve the Mind (1955)

    To Serve the Mind

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    The dramatization of the sympathetic hospital treatment a general practitioner receives when he suffers a mental breakdown. There is an emphasis on the types of facilities available and on the wide variety of mental and emotional ailments which can b...

    To Serve the Mind