Canada Vignettes are a series of short films by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), some of which aired on CBC Television and other Canadian broadcasters as interstitial programs. The vignettes became popular because of their cultural depiction of Canada, and because they represented its changing state.
The idea for Canada Vignettes began in early 1977, when CBC’s children’s programming department at the CBC approached the NFB about producing short films, five minutes in length or less, to use as interstitial programming.
80 filmmakers from across the country worked on the project over a three-year period. Many of the films were animation vignettes offering amusing portrayals of Canadian history, while others were produced from excerpts from NFB documentaries. The NFB decided that no film credits would be included, only a title.
I used to love watching the Vignettes on TV. My favourites were the dance (this one) and the Log Driver’s Waltz.
The NFB YouTube channel has a playlist of vignettes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8&list=PLHerjfWGX0CWsOBQGf7vlpWJdkq8MokGx
And the NFB website itself has more: https://www.nfb.ca/channels/canada-vignettes/
