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PRODUCTION
Motion Picture Production for 1961 by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prepared in the Wholesale Trade and Services Section, Industry and Merchandising Division
Summary Statistics of Private Industry Motion Picture Production
Cross Revenue
No. of
No. of
Salaries
Printing and
Other
Year
Firms
Employees
and Wages
Production
Laboratory
Revenue
S
S
s
S
1952
30
386
1,006,918
1,331,393
1,274,137
(1)
1953
32
387
1,150,890
1,592,779
1,230,493
II)
1954
45
478
1,549,233
2,106,131
1,456,405
1,328,021
1955
46
445
1,460,421
2,456,038
1,051,673
512,727
1956(2)
59
1,127
2,483,910
3,726,557
2,095,985
423,899
1957
58
1,216
2,758,560
4,471,710
2,978,626
469,369
1958(3)
52
1,133
2,770,375
3,902,780
3,344,948
421,975
195913)
54
1,065
3,609,537
5,814,690
3,229,240
389,480
1960
66
1,194
3,475,118
7,038,810
2,590,759
342,582
1961
67
(1)
3,562,041
6,354,071
3,580,570
752,734
(1) Not
available. (2)
Figures from
1956 include laboratories with no
motion picture
production.
They are not
included in th
e figures for
prior years. (3)
Revised.
Gross revenue of private production and printing firms in 1961 was $10,687,375, an in¬ crease of $715,224. There were 623 films made of five-minute length or over by private industry. Adaptation or language versions of original films in the 623 totalled one for theatres, 62 for tele¬ vision and 30 for other non-theatrical use, with 55 of these made for other than Canadian sponsors. Adaptations or language version of five minutes and over reported by government
agencies were 10 for theatres, 26 for television and 136 for r.on-theatrical use, with one of these made for other than Canadian sponsors.
Private industry and government agencies printed 64,351,799 feet of 16 mm. film, 28,267,794 more than in I960, and 22,756,833 feet of 35 mm. film, which is 3,601,272 more. Some 8,205,054 feet of the 16 mm. films and 116,561 feet of the 35 mm. were printed in color. The foregoing figures were compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
AT $10,687,375 the gross revenue of 67 firms primarily engaged in the production and printing of motion picture films and film-strips in 1961 (one more firm than in 1960) was $715,224 higher (7.2 per cent) than in the previous year.
Revenue from production, $6,354,071, was $684,739 under that of 1960’s $7,038,810.
Printing and laboratory' services, at $3,580,570, were up by $989,811 from the $2,590,759 of 1960.
Income from other services, $752,734, was higher by $410,152.
Normally the DBS report is several months behind the year it deals with but the 1961 report, recently issued, was 18 months behind because of de¬
lays in replies from companies and the volume of work entailled by the 1961 census, the DBS explains.
These figures for private produc¬ tion, are only part of the story. The National Film Board spends millions of dollars on production and lab ser¬ vices, and collectively a considerable sum is expended by various provin¬ cial government departments for the same purposes. Part of these expen¬ ditures is being sought for private producers by The Association of Mo¬ tion Picture Producers and Laborato¬ ries of Canada.
The total gross of Canada’s private motion picture producers dropped in 1961, although that of the laboratories was up.
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