This first cel-animated film produced by the NFB traces the development of the master/worker relationships through successive eras of history. Stone engravings record a complete absence of cooperation between the Egyptian ruler and his slaves but, beginning with the Greeks and Romans, there was a gradual change towards recognition of the labourer. With the growth of factories, the trend received a setback, but reasserted itself through the expediencies of World War II, which saw the formation of the first Labour Management Production Committee (LMPC) in Britain. In post-war Canada the film shows LMPCs well implanted in industrial life, with the Industrial Production Cooperation Board giving official government recognition.
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Once Upon a Studio
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1
Program
Memoir of a Snail
Groot's Pursuit
Revolting Rhymes
The House
Do You Like to Read?
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Magnum Opus
Panic in the Mailroom
Beyond
Sanjay's Super Team
Ethel & Ernest
The Boxtrolls
Ferdinand the Bull
A Close Shave
Nona
The Inseparables
The Little Guy