Trailin' West

The Further Exploits of ... A detective saves the kidnapped daughter of an inventor murdered for his formula.

The Time of the Tar Sand... A promotional video produced by the Alberta government in 1975, "The time of the tar sands", featuring Gordon Pinsent. credit: Archives of Alberta.

Visconti Italian film, theater and opera director Luchino Visconti is shown in rehearsal for a revival of Goethe's 1788 drama "Egmont," staged at Florence's Teatro Goldoni by the "Compagnia dei giovani." The documentary includes scenes of the company in rehearsal, and an interview with Visconti, as well as an analysis of some of the director's films.

The Stolen Heirlooms A detective is drugged with flowers and tied to a sawmill while saving an ex-gambler from a jewel theft charge.

The Thornton Jewel Myste... A girl frames a drunkard for a gem theft. The detective is saved from the crook's launch by a boy's 60-foot dive.

Untitled Colourmation A path doesn't always go straight - everything has to go around corners....

The Great Cheque Fraud A detective saves his boy assistant from a bank swindler after escaping a fire by overhead cable.

Journey to Everyday Life... oil workers, builders, geologists

Britain's Secret Treaty A Count catches a detective posing as a foreign war minister and hangs him over Beach Head with a fuse.

The Kaiser's Spies An entomologist runs a spy ring of bus drivers from a tower in Epping Forest.