On the Spot
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. 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”. The series was originated by Bernard Devlin, with Robert Anderson as executive producer.
Episodes
Runtime: 30m
The Ukrainian population of Winnipeg celebrates Christmas not only on the twenty-fifth of December, but also on January seventh, with religious ceremonies, banquets, songs and concerts.
Runtime: 30m
Takes a quick look behind the scenes at flight in the mid-20th c., including engine maintenance, flight pre-planning and weather checks, the control tower, and an introductory flight on a "new"-to-North-America dart turbojet aircraft.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
A visit to Okanagan Helicopters in Vancouver, showing what Canadians are doing in the field of vertical flight.
Runtime: 28m
This short documentary visits the 3 Quebec border towns of Rock Island, Stanstead and Beebe, and the Vermont town of Derby Line to see how residents and officials cope with a civic life that is cut down the middle by an international boundary.
Runtime: 30m
There are two subjects in this film--the cooperative movement stemming from St. Francis-Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and a rural fair at Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
An excursion up the Yukon River along the trail of '98 to Dawson City, part of the Klondike gold rush. We visit a prospector who has never left the Yukon and see some of the city's famous sights.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
Junior forest rangers learn skills for fighting forest fires, and a volunteer team on Vancouver Island demonstrates search procedures for people lost in the forest.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
Runtime: 30m
No overview is available.
