Best Short Subject, Cartoons, 1953 Age of the Beaver (1952) 5th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Honorable Mention, Non-Theatrical, 1953 Corral (1954) Venice Film Festival, Venice, Italy: First Prize, Documentary Films, 1954 Durban International Film Festival, Durban, South Africa: Second Prize/Bronze Medal, Documentary, 1954 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland: Diploma of Merit, Arts, 1954 Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, 1955 7th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Special Mention, Non-Theatrical Short, 1955 Riches of the Earth (1954) International Survey of Scientific and Didactic Films, Padua, Italy: First Award for Best Film, 1956 7th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Best Film, Non-Theatrical Short, 1955 A Thousand Million Years (1954) Venice Film Festival, Venice: Honourable Mention, Scientific Films, 1954 One Little Indian (1954) Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo, Italy: Great Cup of the Province of Genoa, 1956 Rapallo International Film Festival, Rapallo, Italy: First Prize & Silver Medal, Abstract Films, 1956 National Committee on Films for Safety, Chicago: First Prize, Bronze Plaque, Traffic & Transportation, 1955 Golden Reel International Film Festival, Film Council of America, New York: Recognition of Merit, 1955 Kootenay Film Festival, Nelson, British Columbia: Certificate of Merit, Second Award, Artistic Achievement, 1955 7th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Honorable Mention, Non-Theatrical, 1955 The Jolifou Inn (1955) Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao, Spain: Best Film of an Educational and Cultural Character, 1959 Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao, Spain: Special Prize, 1959 Kootenay Film Festival, Nelson, British Columbia: First Achievement Award, 1957 Yorkton Film Festival, Yorkton, Saskatchewan: Golden Sheaf Award, Best Film, Creative Arts, 1956 8th Canadian Film Awards, Stratford, Ontario: Honorable Mention, Theatrical Short, 1956 Gold (1955) 8th Canadian Film Awards, Stratford, Ontario: Gold Award, Theatrical Short, 1956 Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland: Diploma of Merit, 1955 City of Gold (1957) 1957 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France: First Prize, Documentary, 1957 10th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award, Film of the Year 1958 10th Canadian Film Awards, Toronto: Genie Award, Best Film, Arts and Experimental, 1958 Cork International Film Festival, Cork, Ireland: First Prize - Statuette of St. Finbarr, General Interest 1957 Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: First Prize, Documentary 1958 Festival dei Popoli, Florence, Italy: Gold Medal, 1960 Columbus International Film & Animation Festival, Columbus, Ohio: Chris Award, First Prize 1960 Ibero-American-Filipino Documentary Film Contest, Bilbao, Spain: First Prize, 1959 American Film and Video Festival, New York: Blue Ribbon, History & Biography, 1959