On the Spot was the first television series made specifically for TV by the National Film Board of Canada, and aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1955.WEB, Series - On the Spot,onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/series/?ids=170995&nom=On%20the%20Spot&type=liste-serie&pagenav=1, onf-nfb.gc.ca, National Film Board of Canada, 19 February 2023, Each episode reported on a different aspect of life in Canada and was introduced with the line “The National Film Board’s up-to-the-minute report of what’s happening somewhere in Canada”.WEB, On the Spot,www.nfb.ca/series/spot-television-series/, nfb.ca, National Film Board of Canada, 15 April 2023, The series was originated by Bernard Devlin, with Robert Anderson as executive producer.Allan, Blaine. “CBC Television Series, 1952-1982.” {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311072641www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Obs.html |date=2010-03-11 }} Queen’s Film and Media: Queen’s University. Retrieved: January 21, 2016.The series debuted on October 6, 1953, at 7:45 pm and ran until June 30, 1955, for a total of 66 episodes. Episodes were from 13 to 30 minutes, with the CBC running one or two in one time slot. The series changed time slots frequently, playing as late as 11:45 pm on Monday nights before going to Sundays at 4:30 pm. The second season aired on Sundays at 10 pm. Cancelled after the 15th episode of the third season, On the Spot was replaced by Perspective, a 30-minute show that mixed documentary reports and dramatizations on contemporary Canadian issues.Ohayon, Albert. “On the Spot: The NFB in the early days of television.” National Film Board of Canada (NFB.ca), April 14, 2010. Retrieved: January 21, 2016.Episodes included Survival in the Bush, with producer Robert Anderson, acting as host, apparently dropped off in northern Quebec armed with just an axe; The Dresden Story, looking at racism in a small Ontario town, where the town’s white and black populations insisted on being filmed separately; and Artist in Montreal, written and directed by Jean Palardy, looking at the Automatistes movement.BOOK, Robertson, Clive, Policy Matters: Administrations of Art and Culture, 2006, YYZ Books, 9780920397367, 166,books.google.com/books?id=jw_ksZ2hK1MC&dq=Jean+Palardy&pg=PA166, 6 June 2017, en, Transpacific Flight involved an account of a flight across the Pacific Ocean in 1953, based on first-person interviews of the flight crew by Fred Davis.Weldon, Carolyne. “Jets, Floatplanes and Bombers: 15 NFB Films about Planes.” National Film Board of Canada, June 12, 2012. Retrieved: January 12, 2016. Another aviation-themed episode was Radar Station (1953). The documentary involved an account of a visit to a radar station while it was involved in a simulated air attack and was based on first-person interviews, by RCAF Squadron Leader Bill Lee, of the station’s staff.Armbruster, Fred. “National Film Board Videos: Radar Station”. Canadian Civil Defence Museum Association. 2012. Retrieved: January 20, 2016.One episode that was cancelled was Backstage at Parliament, on the workings of the Canadian Parliament, with a mock session with actual members of Parliament. When the film was shown to the Prime Minister’s Office, there were complaints about showing a session of Parliament without including the PM and the NFB was forced to shelve the episode.The episode Alcoholism won the Frigon Trophy for Best Canadian Television Programme on Film at the 1957 Gala Radiomonde et TÃ©lÃ©monde.WEB, Alcoholism,onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/?idfilm=15921, onf-nfb.gc.ca, National Film Board of Canada, 15 April 2023, Regards sur le Canada“>

Regards sur le Canada

Three On the Spot episodes were produced in French: Alcoholism (L’alcoolisme, est-ce une maladie?), Artists in Montreal (Artiste Ã MontrÃ©al) and Better Business Bureau. Devlin and Anderson then produced a French series for Quebec, Regards sur le Canada.WEB, Regards Sur le Canada,onf-nfb.gc.ca/fr/notre-collection/recherche-collection/?searchtype=advanced&titre=Regards+sur+le+Canada&btnG=Rechercher&type=titre&interm=et&dureeMin=&dureeMax=&anneeMin=&anneeMax=, onf-nfb.gc.ca, National Film Board of Canada, 15 April 2023, Thirty-nine 30-minute episodes of Regards sur le Canada aired on Radio-Canada from late 1953 through 1955. It was not new programming; this series was a combination of previously-released, market-appropriate documentaries and episodes of Eye Witness.

Episodes

(Air dates are unavailable)WEB, On the Spot,onf-nfb.gc.ca/en/our-collection/series/?ids=170995&nom=On%20the%20Spot&type=liste-serie, onf-nfb.gc.ca, National Film Board of Canada, 15 April 2023,

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!Title!Director!Producer!Length|The Winnipeg StoryBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|14:34 min.|Winnipeg BalletBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|OilBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|Transpacific FlightBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|It’s Raining Soldiers!Bernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|Football StoryBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|Hotel StoryBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|13 min.|The Zoo in Stanley ParkBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|14:47 min.|The Mounties’ Crime LabBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.|Saskatchewan Farm MuseumBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard DevlinBernard Devlin (director)>Bernard Devlin|15 min.Radar Station (film)>Radar Station|Allen Stark|Allen Stark|15 min.

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References

External links

Complete list of On the Spot episodes
On The Spot - Canadian Communication Foundation

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