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Davidson, William "Bill" - Interview

Item number (ISN):

304638

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1982-09-02

Item number (ISN):

304638

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

RAINSBERRY, Fred B.

Accession:

1983-0359

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1982-09-02

Production company:

Fred B. Rainsberry (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Fred B. Rainsberry

Description:

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Interview of William "Bill" Davidson by Fred B. Rainsberry about children's programming. Subjects include: his career working in film and television; being hired by Sydney Newman at the National Film Board; working on the series GRAPHIC; forming a company with Norman Klenman; difficulties in the film business in 1959; working as a film critic on the CJBC radio series CJBC VIEWS THE SHOWS; Mary Field; joining the CBC; working on children's television programs at the CBC from 1960 to 1965; HOLIDAY EDITION, a half-hour summer show produced by Dan McCarthy; PICTURES WITH WOOFER; JUNIOR MAGAZINE; Doug Maxwell; the program CLUB SIX with singer Tommy Ambrose; JUNIOR ROUNDUP; Murray Westgate; Dave Broadfoot; Jean Templeton; TIDEWATER TRAMP; learning about television continuity; Harry Freedman; Percy Saltzman; Eric Aldwinckle; photographer Paul Rockett; Pierre Berton; various features of the JUNIOR ROUNDUP program; shooting with 3-camera remotes; producing live television; the series RAZZLE DAZZLE; Sandy Stewart; Francis Chapman; Stan Cox; the increasing pace of television as young people changed in the 1960s; RAZZLE DAZZLE cast members Michelle Finney, Al Hamel and puppet Howard the Turtle, played by John Keogh; having to rely on one camera to shoot the show when old equipment failed; Ed McNamara; Paul Kligman; humorous characters on the show; the Nutty Newsreel segment; Ron Krantz; Cliff Braggins; Nieil Andrews; Michael Spivak; Ed Mercel; Don "Ace" Baker; Jerry Ross; Brian O'Leary; Neil Andrews; Ray Bellow; Trudi Young; the series TIME OF YOUR LIFE and various people connected with it, such as Bill Macauley; Gladys Forester; Des Dixon and Rose Wilcox; Dale Barnes; Peter Kastner; working for Maxine Samuels; the summer series TIME OUT FOR ADVENTURE; programs such as IT'S IN THE BAG, a comic thriller with Paul Kligman and Jane Mallet, and THE BAY KING; THE FOREST RANGERS; ADVENTURES IN RAINBOW COUNTRY; the science fiction series THE STARLOST; the Canadian government film LIONS FOR BREAKFAST; MATT AND JENNY; writing for TV Ontario and A.I.T. in Bloomington, Indiana; THE LITTLEST HOBO; and his opinion that TV Ontario has abandoned educational programs in favor of news and current affairs. <3h 1mn 55s>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. The release form states that this interview is available after 2 September 1982 for CBC use, scholarly research and public access.~2. Bill Davidson began working at the National Film Board in 1948 when he was 20 years old.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

339791

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C03737

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

123:00

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

339792

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C03738

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Duration:

122:30

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

339793

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C03739

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

FROM LOANED MATERIAL

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

434238

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2006-12-0057

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

79:28

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

434239

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2006-12-0058

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

79:28

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

434244

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2006-12-0059

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

74:16

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1003579

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2006-12-0057
A4 2006-12-0058

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C03737
C03738
C03739

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1003580

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2006-12-0059

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

C03737
C03738
C03739

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1192229

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

304638-C03737.wav

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Duration:

32:17

Made from:

C03737

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2006-12-0057
A1 2006-12-0058
A1 2006-12-0059

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

The estate of Fred B. Rainsberry, 1982.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of copyright owner : with permission of the estate of Fred B. Rainsberry.

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