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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.
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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