Boards of Canada = upvote.
Great sift.

Is this really considered obscure?

Tags for this video have been changed from 'animation, larkin, montreal, 1969' to 'animation, larkin, montreal, 1969, NFB, national film board of canada, oscar' - edited by fissionchips

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Um..."Boards of Canada" isn't Canadian - it's a Scottish duo.

Their music is largely sampled from the National Film Board of Canada's catalogue, hence their name.

Um..."Boards of Canada" isn't Canadian - it's a Scottish duo.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'log drivers waltz, national film board of canada, logs, whitewater' to 'log drivers waltz, national film board of canada, nfb, logs, whitewater' - edited by calvados

Thanks for all the GREAT comments, everyone.

I personally believe that we should try to empathize with everyone, regardless of how trivial we perceive their problems to be, because maybe their problems really aren't so trivial. Yes, I can think of worse problems to have than being sexually objectified. Being horribly maimed or disfigured is just one example that I consider to be worse. Having severe mental illness is yet another, IMHO. However, we're in the 21st century and yet sexual harassment and the "glass ceiling" for women are still very real problems in the workplace, and pretty women are often the ones who find themselves in those situations. Also consider Marilyn Monroe. She struggled to get serious acting roles because she was often just considered "a face", and all her good looks didn't prevent her from taking her own life.

If you don't want to consider beautiful people as having any disadvantages, that's fine. However, I hope that after you've seen this video you'll look past the looks and try to learn more about attractive people you meet before you simply categorize them as "a face".

I'm also adding this to the *Canada channel, as I noticed that it was directed by KITH alumnus Mark McKinney, and it was also produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'boards of canada, music video, surf' to 'boards of canada, music video, surf, kittenger, sky diving, space' - edited by twiddles

Sorry but have to *discard this is as s dupe of this video: http://www.videosift.com/video/Boards-of-Canada-Dayvan-Cowboy-video

(I'll fix the tags up for that video.)

and you can also find a documentary about the jump here: http://www.videosift.com/video/First-Man-In-Space-Skydiving-from-the-edge-of-the-world

1. What's Opera, Doc? (Warner Bros./1957)
2. Duck Amuck (Warner Bros./1953)
3. The Band Concert (Disney/1935)
4. Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (Warner Bros./1953)
5. One Froggy Evening (Warner Bros./1956)
6. Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay/1914)
7. Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM/1943)
8. Porky in Wackyland (Warner Bros./1938)
9. Gerald McBoing Boing (UPA]/1951)
10. King-Size Canary (MGM/1947)
11. Three Little Pigs (Disney/1933)
12. Rabbit of Seville (Warner Bros./1950)
13. Steamboat Willie (Disney/1928)
14. The Old Mill (Disney/1937)
15. Bad Luck Blackie (MGM/1949)
16. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Warner Bros./1946)
17. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (Fleischer/1936)
18. The Skeleton Dance (Disney/1929)
19. Snow White (1933 cartoon) (Fleischer/1933)
20. Minnie the Moocher (Fleischer/1932)
21. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (Warner Bros./1943)
22. Der Fuehrer's Face (Disney/1943)
23. Little Rural Riding Hood (MGM/1949)
24. The Tell-Tale Heart (UPA/1953)
25. The Big Snit (National Film Board of Canada/1985)
26. Brave Little Tailor (Disney/1938)
27. Clock Cleaners (Disney/1937)
28. Northwest Hounded Police (MGM/1946)
29. Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom (Disney/1953)
30. Rabbit Seasoning (Warner Bros./1952)
31. The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Warner Bros./1950)
32. The Cat Came Back (National Film Board Of Canada/1988)
33. Superman (Fleischer/1941)
34. You Ought To Be in Pictures (Warner Bros./1940)
35. Ali Baba Bunny (Warner Bros./1957)
36. Feed the Kitty (Warner Bros./1952)
37. Bimbo's Initiation (Fleischer/1931)
38. Bambi Meets Godzilla (International Rocketship/1969)
39. Little Red Riding Rabbit (Warner Bros./1941)
40. Peace on Earth (MGM/1939)
41. Rooty Toot Toot (UPA/1952)
42. The Cat Concerto (MGM/1947)
43. The Barber of Seville (Lantz/1944)
44. The Man Who Planted Trees (National Film Board Of Canada/1987)
45. Book Revue (Warner Bros./1946)
46. Quasi at the Quackadero (Cruikshank/1975)
47. Corny Concerto (Warner Bros./1943)
48. Unicorn in the Garden (UPA/1953)
49. The Dover Boys (Warner Bros./1942)
50. Felix in Hollywood (Sullivan/1923)

oh i was going to post this...

beautiful song, reminds me of "1969 in the sunshine" by boards of canada.

not liking the rest of the album as much...

This is documentary footage of Joseph Kittinger, a test pilot who holds the record for the highest, longest free fall. The music in the background is Boards of Canada, because this edit is the first half of a Boards of Canada music video ( http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=11718 )

I saw an interview with Kittinger once, and a cool side story about this dive is that he was to abort if anything went wrong... well one of his gloves failed to seal properly, so one of his hands nearly froze off as he was ascending.

This is a spectacular video snapshot, reminds me of Xmas dinner and home mooovies.....in fact, these are a bunch of home movies, Canadians gotta lotta super 8 camera lying around.....

that "film Board of Canada" intro, brings to mind the crack spider's bitch.....

great groovy post, calvados

An excerpt from wiki:
"The Hockey Sweater" ("Le chandail de hockey" in the original French) is a short story published in 1979 by Quebec author Roch Carrier.

Though a relatively recent story, it has become one of the best-known works of literature in Canada. It was made into a National Film Board of Canada (NFB) animated short in 1980, known as The Sweater, or Le Chandail. The short is often shown, in both French and English, to elementary school students, making it very well known amongst Canadian youth.

The story is widely considered an allegory for the linguistic and cultural tensions between anglophone and francophone Canadians, and an essential classic of Canadian literature. An excerpt from the story is now also commemorated in both official languages of Canada on the back of the Canadian five-dollar bill."

Any Canadian sifters familiar with this?

a film by neil krug set to the music of boards of canada ("into the rainbow vein", "in a beautiful place out in the country", and "ataronchronon").

this is beautiful and unsettling.

his fall also seen in this boards of canada video: http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=11718