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McNeil, Bill - Interview

Item number (ISN):

342507

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1988-09-26

Item number (ISN):

342507

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

HALTON, Matthew

Accession:

2002-0151

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1988-09-26

Production credit:

interviewer, Ken Dyba

Description:

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Ken Dyba interviews Bill McNeil, broadcaster and author, regarding Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) war correspondent Matthew Halton. McNeil talks about his experiences as a young journalist with the CBC, his responsibilities as host of CBC's NEWS ROUNDUP, individuals he worked with on the program, the way in which storylines were developed, his experiences working with Matthew Halton, advice taken from Halton regarding stories and storylines for NEWS ROUNDUP, his impressions of Halton, both his personality and his appearance, the strengths of Halton's work as a reporter including his writing and delivery, Halton's weaknesses as a news reporter, Halton's pride in his own work, differences between the CBC of the 1940s and 1950s and the CBC of the 1980s, differences between journalists of the 1940s and journalists of the 1980s including lack of knowledge of historical and current events, pressures experienced by Halton as a journalist, McNeil's impressions on what Halton may have achieved had he not died at 53 years of age, Halton's resistence to appearing on television, the value of Halton's work during the war years for the average Canadian citizen, Wallace Rayburn's negative impressions of Halton, conceptual names for CBC's ASSIGNMENT, the early days of ASSIGNMENT, archival value of the news program, McNeil's experiences with ASSIGNMENT including travel, changes in program format, co-host Maria Barrett, overseas reporters for ASSIGNMENT, and Halton's family including his son and daughter. <38mn>

Language:

English

Original number:

129

Notes:

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1. Background noise can be heard throughout recording.~2. Recorded at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Toronto, Ontario.

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Vault ISN:

384950

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

2002-0151/01

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CASSETTE

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

38:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

537786

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

342507-2002-0151-01.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

WAV

Duration:

40:26

Made from:

2002-0151/01

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

545862

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

342507-2002-0151-01.mp3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Duration:

40:26

Made from:

2002-0151/01

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Donor restrictions:

No donor restrictions.

Copyright status:

Under copyright

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: David Halton.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with credit to interviewer Kenneth DybaCopyright owner: David Halton.

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