Never a Backward Step

196657 min 11 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Donald BrittainArthur HammondJohn Spotton

Production: Guy Glover

Profile of a Canadian press tycoon whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and a baronetcy in England. The late Lord Thomson related much of the story himself as the cameras followed him about his amazing business. Publisher, television magnate, financier, owner of many newspapers, including leading London dailies, this native of Timmins, Ontario, had a remarkable career. The film is a frank study of an equally frank man.

Subject categories


  • Media and Communication > PortraitsPrint Media and Publishing

Credits


director
Donald Brittain
Arthur Hammond
John Spotton
narrator
Michael Kane
location sound recording
Roger Hart
music editing
John Knight
sound editing
John Knight
location manager
Vic Hall
photography
Paul Leach
Peter Hennessy
Martin Duckworth
re-recording
Ron Alexander
Roger Lamoureux
producer
Guy Glover

Awards


  • Etrog for Best Documentary over 30 minutesGenie Awards
  • Blue Ribbon Award - First Prize - Category: Biography and HistoryItinerant - American Film and Video Festival