Roman Kroitor Movies

  • 1977
    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    Hold the Ketchup

    81977HD

    This short documentary is about newcomers to Canada and what they eat. Funny, mouth-watering and visually delectable, it takes us into the specialty...

    Hold the Ketchup
  • 1974
    Circus World

    Circus World

    Circus World

    81974HD

    A vivid, behind-the-scenes look at the Big Top, the Greatest Show on Earth as presented by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey. Seen from the...

    Circus World
  • 1952
    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    Age of the Beaver

    81952HD

    This film provides a brief history of the fur trade in Canada, showing its effects on exploration and settlement. Engravings and paintings from the...

    Age of the Beaver
  • 1961
    The Days of Whisky Gap

    The Days of Whisky Gap

    The Days of Whisky Gap

    91961HD

    Rousing tales of the North-West Mounted Police are brought to life through photos and artists' sketches. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were...

    The Days of Whisky Gap
  • 1985
    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    We Are Born of Stars

    71985HD

    WE ARE BORN OF STARS is the first Anaglyph single projector 3D film created for IMAX/IMAX Dome projection. Using computer graphics, the film traces...

    We Are Born of Stars
  • 1958
    Blood and Fire

    Blood and Fire

    Blood and Fire

    91958HD

    The Salvation Army in action. Band rehearsals, personal reminiscences of an Army officer, and an unrehearsed "coming to Christ" in the Army Citadel...

    Blood and Fire
  • 1982
    First Winter

    First Winter

    First Winter

    6.91982HD

    A historical drama depicting an Irish immigrant family’s first winter in Canada, where isolation, illness, and an unforgiving landscape test...

    First Winter
  • 1978
    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    The Red Dress

    7.51978HD

    Kelly is a Métis man without treaty or hunting rights, struggling to sustain his traditional life. His daughter Theresa longs for a red dress...

    The Red Dress
  • 1960
    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling

    71960HD

    A short 1960 documentary about physical fitness trends in the big city. Here you see modern man brought to bay by his own poundage, resolved to erase...

    I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
  • 1958
    Police

    Police

    Police

    61958HD

    The misbehaving public performs for the camera in a half-hour miscellany of misdeeds. In a behind-the-scenes look at the hour-by-hour operation of a...

    Police
  • 1966
    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    Stravinsky

    7.81966HD

    This documentary is an informal portrait of the great modern composer Igor Stravinsky. Proudly American, though still very much an Old World figure...

    Stravinsky
  • 1959
    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    Emergency Ward

    71959HD

    This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.

    Emergency Ward
  • 1957
    City of Gold

    City of Gold

    City of Gold

    5.81957HD

    Classic short film depicts the Klondike gold rush at its peak, when would-be prospectors struggled through harsh conditions to reach the fabled gold...

    City of Gold
  • 1962
    The Living Machine

    The Living Machine

    The Living Machine

    01962HD

    In two half-hour parts, The Living Machine explores the progress made in electronics technology and looks forward to an exciting world-to-be....

    The Living Machine
  • 1958
    Memory of Summer

    Memory of Summer

    Memory of Summer

    71958HD

    An attempt to recapture the magic of childhood as the cameras follow children at play.

    Memory of Summer
  • 1963
    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

    Toronto Jazz

    7.51963HD

    Toronto is regarded as the third largest jazz centre in North America. This film features a cross-section of jazz bands of that city: the Lenny Breau...

    Toronto Jazz
  • 1958
    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

    101958HD

    St. Joseph's Oratory, a picturesque shrine silhouetted against Mount Royal, draws pilgrims by the thousands every year. They come from California by...

    Pilgrimage
  • 1958
    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    A Foreign Language

    71958HD

    This film observes, in a Montréal public school, the teaching of English to immigrant children. To thousands of children arriving in Canada...

    A Foreign Language
  • 1964
    The Hutterites

    The Hutterites

    The Hutterites

    8.51964HD

    A look at the Hutterites, an Anabaptist religious community similar to the Amish or the Mennonites in rural Alberta. The followers of religious...

    The Hutterites
  • 1958
    Country Threshing

    Country Threshing

    Country Threshing

    81958HD

    This short documentary records the rural sights and sounds of the Eastern Townships of Quebec. The day of the big stationary threshing machine is...

    Country Threshing