#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.

#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.

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

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

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

The Moving Past (www.themovingpast.com) brings you inside century-old workplaces to see autoworkers, stonemasons, fishers, miners and fruit farmers. Among the 15 government-made archival films are stories that reveal much about daily life.

@thehobo.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.