Dig this. The National Film Board of Canada’s screening room has gone High-Def. You can now watch 17 films in HD, including the classic The Cat Came Back and the very Vancouver-centric Carts of Darkness, here. Click play above to watch A Day In Pacific Rim, a 1978 near silent short filmed outside Tofino. Awesome. Via Retro Thing:

Matthew Forsythe says, “What an amazing year it has been for the NFB. It’s been exactly one year since we launched the NFB Screening Room – we wanted to make the NFB more accessible to Canadians and the world and the response has been overwhelming and exceeded our expectations in every way.”

Their online library now includes almost 1,500 titles. The site has served 3.7 million online film views since launch, with 41% coming from outside Canada. All in all, a fantastic way to share a brilliant Canadian film collection with the world.

Click on the “standard quality” link in the embed player to switch to HD. Enjoy.