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[Newman, Sydney - Interview]

Item number (ISN):

282045

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1966

Item number (ISN):

282045

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

NEWMAN, Sydney

Accession:

1998-0096

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1966

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Description:

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Interview of Sydney Newman, head of television drama production for the British Broadcasting Corporation. The interview takes place in London. The interview is preceded by silent shots of Newman entering his office building and going up to his office. He talks to an unnamed Canadian interviewer, a former employee of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (this is William Ronald), about: why he left Canada to work in England; his job running BBC drama; programs he has helped to develop such as THE FORSYTHE SAGA and DR. WHO; the structure of the drama department; serious dramas and popular dramas to provide a total diet of television fare; the set-up of commercial television in Britain, which makes television producers less subject to the wishes of sponsors than they are in the United States; the television work he did with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including features with the University of Toronto, sports and dramas; people he worked with at the CBC such as Nathan Cohen and Ronald Weyman; the state of CBC television drama production after he left CBC; his goals; the job of director and producer in television; the changes he brought about in British television drama; his program ARMCHAIR THEATRE; theories of television drama; and other aspects of television production. The footage of the interview ends abruptly, followed by more silent footage of Newman, who observes a TV crew preparing in a studio for a television production and a brief shot at the end of the reel of Newman seated. <43mn 22s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Film can labels identify this as a CBC interview but the film leader reads BBC Television.~2. Edited composite print and unedited neg optical track.

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Vault ISN:

316390

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9811-0082

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

WRK PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

316391

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9811-0083

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

OPT TRK

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

0.4%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

420166

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-03-0020

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

980523

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2006-03-0035

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

8809-0026
8809-0031
8809-0032
8809-0030
8809-0025
8809-0034
8809-0028
8809-0043
8809-0033
9811-0082
8809-0029

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2006-03-0020

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consultation.

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: CBC.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donorThe permission of the donor is required to reproduce the memoires and interviews in this accession.The remainder of the material in this accession holds no donor restrictions.

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