1950s
- 1950
- (One-Reel) Grandad of Races - Gordon Hollingshead
- Blaze Busters -- Robert Youngson
- Wrong Way Butch -- Pete Smith
- (Two-Reel) In Beaver Valley - Walt Disney
- Grandma Moses - Falcon Films
- My Country 'Tis of Thee - Gordon Hollingshead
- (One-Reel) Grandad of Races - Gordon Hollingshead
- 1951
- (One-Reel) World of Kids - Robert Youngson
- Ridin' the Rails - Jack Eaton
- The Story of Time - Robert G. Leffingwell
- (Two-Reel) Nature's Half Acre - Walt Disney
- Balzac - Les Films Du Compass
- Danger Under the Sea - Thomas Mead
- (One-Reel) World of Kids - Robert Youngson
- 1952
- (One-Reel) Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
- Athletes of the Saddle - Jack Eaton
- Desert Killer - Gordon Hollingshead
- Neighbours - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
- Royal Scotland -- Crown Film Unit
- (Two-Reel) Water Birds - Walt Disney
- Bridge of Time - London Films
- Devil Take Us – Herbert Morgan
- Thar She Blows! - Gordon Hollingshead
- (One-Reel) Light in the Window: The Art of Vermeer - Boris Vermont
- 1953
- (One-Reel) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Johnny Green
- Christ among the Primitives -- Vincenzo Lucci-Chiarissi
- Herring Hunt -- National Film Board of Canada
- Joy of Living -- Boris Vermont
- Wee Water Wonders -- Jack Eaton
- (Two-Reel) Bear Country - Walt Disney
- Ben and Me - Walt Disney
- Return to Glennascaul – Mayer Kingsley, Inc.
- Vesuvius Express - Otto Lang
- Winter Paradise - Cedric Francis
- (One-Reel) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - Johnny Green
- 1954
- (One-Reel) This Mechanical Age - Robert Youngson
- The First Piano Quartette - Otto Lang
- The Strauss Fantasy - Johnny Green
- (Two-Reel) A Time Out of War - Denis Sanders, Terry Sanders
- Beauty and the Bull - Cedric Francis
- Jet Carrier - Otto Lang
- Siam - Walt Disney
- (One-Reel) This Mechanical Age - Robert Youngson
- 1955
- (One-Reel) Survival City - Edmund Reek
- Gadgets Galore - Robert Youngson
- 3rd Ave. El - Carson Davidson
- Three Kisses - Justin Herman
- (Two-Reel) The Face of Lincoln - Wilbur T. Blume
- 24-Hour Alert - Cedric Francis
- The Battle of Gettysburg - Dore Schary
- On the Twelfth Day - George K. Arthur
- Switzerland - Walt Disney
- (One-Reel) Survival City - Edmund Reek
- 1956
- (One-Reel) Crashing the Water Barrier - Konstantin Kalser
- I Never Forget a Face - Robert Youngson
- Time Stood Still - Cedric Francis
- (Two-Reel) The Bespoke Overcoat - Romulus Films
- Cow Dog - Larry Lansburgh
- The Dark Wave - John Healy
- Samoa - Walt Disney
- (One-Reel) Crashing the Water Barrier - Konstantin Kalser
- 1957 The Wetback Hound - Walt Disney Productions - Larry Lansburgh
- A Chairy Tale - National Film Board of Canada - Norman McLaren
- City of Gold - National Film Board of Canada - Tom Daly
- Foothold on Antarctica - World Wide Pictures - James Carr
- Portugal - Walt Disney Productions - Ben Sharpsteen
- 1958 Grand Canyon - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
- Journey Into Spring - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
- The Kiss (1958 film) -- John Hayes (director) (as John Patrick Hayes)
- Snows of Aorangi - New Zealand Screen Board
- T Is for Tumbleweed -- James A. Lebenthal
- 1959 The Golden Fish - Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- Between the Tides - British Transport Films - Ian Ferguson
- Mysteries of the Deep - Walt Disney Productions - Walt Disney
- The Running, Jumping and Standing-Still Film - Peter Sellers
- Skyscraper - Tishman Realty & Construction - Shirley Clarke, Willard Van Dyke and Irving Jacoby
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