Norman McLaren Movies

New Yorkers watch as Norman McLaren's animated promotional film for Canadian tourism plays on the giant pixelboard overlooking Times Square. The...

An unfinished animated short from the late 1950s.

Three separate sequences related to Christmas, animated in different styles: cutout animation of children dancing in the snow to "Jingle Bells,"...

This short animation of linear symbols made from paper cutouts was created as a Canadian tourism publicity clip. Projected in New York's Times...

Norman McLaren's documentary-style account of how a letter from home reaches a sailor on duty in foreign waters.

An hand drawn animation merged of abstract.

A compilation of various tests, techniques and experiments compiled from the 1940s - 1950s. Silent film.

This animated short by Norman McLaren is a publicity message for a war bond campaign. Symbols, a stick man and lettering are drawn directly on 35mm...

A film fantasy of dancing music and dancing color. Listen to the Mocking Bird played by an oldtime fiddler, brilliant patterns ripple, flow, flicker...

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

Early abstract 3D film by animation master Norman McLaren.

"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...

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

A Norman McLaren Animated 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...

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

An opening address, a tribute and highlights of a long and productive career--McLaren on McLaren is Norman McLaren on camera. The occasion is the...

Stop-motion, pixillation and other trick photography methods are used to depict situations on a farm.

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

Montage and animation in two Acts: the preparation for the Glasgow Arts School Ball; and the ball itself.