History Makers (TV series)

This series of National Film Board of Canada historical documentaries was produced with the CBC. Subjects ranged from pre-Confederation explorers to the Parliament of Canada in the 1950s.[1]

This 14-episode half-hour series was broadcast on Wednesdays at 5:00 p.m. from 1 July to 23 September 1970.

• "Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North" (Richard Gilbert and David Bairstow producers)
• "David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker" (Bernard Devlin director)
• "John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance" (Morton Parker producer)
• "The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson" (Richard Gilbert producer)
• "Salute to Flight" (Richard Gilbert director) – three-part documentary on aviation
• "Samuel de Champlain" (Denys Arcand producer; Andre Belleau director)
• "Selkirk of Red River" (Richard Gilbert producer and director)
• "The Sceptre and the Mace" (Nicholas Balla producer; John Howe director) – featuring the opening of the 23rd Canadian Parliament in 1957
• "Wolfe and Montcalm" (Julian Biggs producer)
• a feature on the Séminaire de Québec which observed its 300th anniversary in 1963
• other broadcasts featured transportation topics including the Columbia River and the Saint Lawrence Seaway

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "History Makers". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
• The History Makers at the National Film Board of Canada