Candid Eye
Encyclopedia
Candid Eye is a Canadian
documentary television series which aired on CBC Television
in 1958.
(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.
The executive producer of the series for the NFB was Tom Daly
.
Television in Canada
Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...
documentary television series which aired on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
in 1958.
Production
This series aired various National Film Board of CanadaNational Film Board of Canada
The National Film Board of Canada is Canada's twelve-time Academy Award-winning public film producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary, animation, alternative drama and digital media productions...
(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
Toronto Police Service
The Toronto Police Service , formerly the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is the police service for the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest municipal police service in Canada and second largest police force in Canada after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police...
). The series was filmed with technically-advanced portable cameras. Footage relied on observation, with interviews kept to a minimum.
The executive producer of the series for the NFB was Tom Daly
Tom Daly (filmmaker)
Tom Daly was a Canadian film director and producer, who was the head of Studio B at the National Film Board of Canada in the 1950s and '60s...
.