Candid Eye

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Candid Eye
Genre documentary
Directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate
Narrated by Stanley Jackson
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 7
Production
Executive producer(s) Tom Daly
Producer(s) Wolf Koenig
Roman Kroitor
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) National Film Board of Canada
Broadcast
Original channel CBC Television
Original run 26 October 1958 – 7 December 1958
Chronology
Followed by Documentary '60

Candid Eye is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958.

Production

This series aired various National Film Board of Canada (NFB) documentaries such as Blood and Fire (about the Salvation Army), The Back-Breaking Leaf (about southern Ontario tobacco farming), The Days Before Christmas (filmed in Montreal) and Police (about Toronto's police force). The series was filmed with technically advanced portable cameras. Footage relied on observation, with interviews kept to a minimum.[1]

The executive producer of the series for the NFB was Tom Daly.[2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 26 October to 7 December 1958.

References

  1. Corcelli, John (February 2005). "Candid Eye". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010. 
  2. Brownstein, Bill (5 October 2011). "Looking back on the work of Tom Daly". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 6 October 2011. 

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