Film Weekly Year Book of the Canadian Motion Picture Industry (1954)

Boivin of Granby, Quebec, who created a lowcost cooperative housing project for the workers of Granby. Farewell Oak Street: January, 1954 Produced and written by Gordon Burwash; director, Grant McLean; camera (b&w) Robert Humble; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound, Ken Heeley-Ray and Clarke Daprato; score, Eldon Rcrthburn; commentator, Lome Greene: executive producer, Guy Glover. Running time 15 mins. Cast: Jim McRae, Roxanna Bond, Bonnie Brooks, Mona O'Hearn, Kate Reid, Andrew Halmay, Eric Clavering, Douglas Masters, Cosi Lee, Jerry Campbell, Blanche Markle. Summary: The Regent Park housing and slum clearance project in Toronto. Corral: February, 1954 Producer, Tom Daley; direction and scenario, Colin Low; camera (b&w) Wolf Koenig; editor, Colin Low; sound, Clarke Daprato; score, Eldon Rathburn; guitarists, Stan Wilson and Al Harris; the cowboy, Wallace Jensen. Running time 12 mins. Summary: The roping and riding of a halfbroken horse on the Cochrane Ranch, Southwest Alberta. A visual study without commentary or dialogue. Problem Clinic: March, 1954 Producer, Nicholas Balia; director, Ronald Weyman; script, Norman Klenman; camera (b&w) Lome Batchelor; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound, Clarke Daprato and Joseph Champagne; narrator, William Hutt. Running time 10 mins. Summary: The work of free legal aid insti¬ tutes. Diggers of the Deep: April, 1954 Producer, Nicholas Balia; direction and scena¬ rio, Grant McLean; camera (Eastmancolor) Don¬ ald Wilder; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound, Clarke Daprato; narrator, W. A. Knapp. Running time 13 mins. Summary: The failing economy of the Nova Scotian coal mines and the efforts being made to improve coal cutting methods. War on Want: May, 1954 Producer, Nicholas Balia; direction and com¬ mentary, Gordon Burwash; camera, (b&w) Vin¬ cent Perera; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound, Clarke Daprato; score, Eldon Rathburn; narrator, John Drainie. Running time 15 mins. Summary: Canada's participation in the Co¬ lombo Plan. (Produced in cooperation with the United Na¬ tions Film Board and the Government of Ceylon.) College in the Wilds: June, 1954 Producer, Guy Glover; director, Julian Biggs; scenario, William Stephenson; camera (b&w) John Spotton; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound, Clarke Daprator; score, Robert Fleming; narrator, Ed¬ ward Wilson. Running time 1 1 mins. Summary: How adult education is brought to the railway and logging camps, of Canada's hinterland by Dr. E. W. Baldwin's Frontier Col¬ lege. Eye Witness Series Produced monthly by the National Film Board and distributed in Canada by Columbia Pictures of Canada. (Executive producer, Nicholas Balia) Eye Witness No. 50: April, 1953 Production and commentary, Tom Farley; cameras (b&w) John Spotton, Stephen Greenlees, Gil La Roche, Lome Batchelor; editor, Fergus McDonell; sound Clarke Daprato; narrator, Fred Davis. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: The Glass Makers; Return of the Beaver; Uranium City — Lake Athabaska. Eye Witness No. 51: May, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; cameras (b&w) John Spotton, Jack Long, Gil La Roche, Henrick Chressiski; editor, William Greaves; sound, George Croll; narrator, Fred Davis. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Royal Ontario Museum Is Popular Classroom; R.C.A.F. Teaches Wilderness Survival; Getting Together With Overseas Friends (visitors from British Commonwealth countries of South East Asia). Eye Witness No. 52: June, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; cameras (b&w) Jean Palardy, Grant Crabtree, Hector Lemieux; editor, Peter Jones; sound, Clarke Daprato; narrator, Fred Davis. Running time 10 mins. Content: Next Year's Newsprint on Its Way; Moppet Models (Mrs. Estelle Wideman's school for junior models in Toronto.) Eye Witness No. 53: July, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; direction and photography (b&w) Grant Mc¬ Lean; editor, Peter Jones; sound, Clarke Daprato; narrator, Fred Davis. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Dutch Family Makes a New Start. Eye Witness No. 54: August, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; cameras (b&w) Jack Long, Felix Lazarus; editor, Peter Jones; sound, Clark Daprato; narrator, Fred Davis. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Ball Stars Start Young; An Auto a Minute; A Railroad Goes to Sea. Eye Witness No. 55: September, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; cameras (b&w) Stephen Greenlees, John Foster; editor, Peter Jones; sound, Clarke Daprato; nar¬ rator, Elwood Glover. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Indian Canoe Experts Shoot the Desert River, Quebec; Notre Dame College, Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Stresses Books, Not Buildings; Canada's First Bowling Tournament. Eye Witness No. 56: October, 1953 Producer, David Bairstow; editing and com¬ mentary, Peter Jones; cameras (b&w) Hector Lemieux, Felix Lazarus, Henrick Chressiski, Ron¬ ald Weyman; sound, Dick Vorisek, Clark Daprato; narrator, Elwood Glover. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Scottish Shepherd Tries New Pastures in Newfoundland; Toronto's Outdoor High Park Forest School; Canadian Farmers Help Arab Farmers in Iraq. Eye Witness No. 57: November, 1953 Producer, David Bairstow; editing and com¬ mentary, Peter Jones; cameras (b&w) Grant Mc¬ Lean, Eugene Boyko; sound, George Croll; narra¬ tor, Max Ferguson. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Light Plane Armada Makes Friendly Invasion (63 amateur fliers from Oregon, USA); Greenhouse Vegetable Garden at Leamington, Ont. Grows Food the Year Round. Eye Witness No. 58: December, 1953 Production and commentary, David Bairstow; cameras (b&w) Henrick Chressiski, Hector Le¬ mieux; editor, Marion Meadows; sound, George Croll; narrator. Max Ferguson. Running time 1 1 mins. Content: Ottawa Educationist Works With U.N.'s Problem Refugees in Israel; Tractor Train Pushes Through Northern Wilderness (con¬ struction of the Uganda railway and hydro project). Eye Witness No. 59: January, 1954 Producer, David Bairstow; commentary, Peter 125