Documentary '60
Documentary '60 is a Canadian documentary television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1960.
Premise
This series featured various National Film Board of Canada documentaries, similar in concept to 1958's Candid Eye except that this new series was given a full broadcast season. Some of the documentaries were previously broadcast on Candid Eye.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 5:30 p.m. from 25 October 1959 to 29 May 1960.
Episodes
Films broadcast in the series included:The Back- Breaking Leaf, about tobacco farming in OntarioBetween Two Wars is a group of three films on early 20th-century Canadian life and economic fortunes: The Good, Bright Days , Sunshine and Eclipse and Twilight of an Era Bright Land, featuring life in the West IndiesThe Cars in Your Life, concerning the role of the automobile in North AmericaEmergency Ward, filmed at the Montreal General HospitalEnd of the Line, documenting the replacement of steam locomotives with diesel in the rail industryGeorges P. Vanier: Soldier, Diplomat, Governor General Glenn Gould: Off the Record, Glenn Gould: On the Record, second part to Glenn Gould: Off the RecordI Was A Ninety-Pound Weakling, featuring the physical fitness industryThe Inquiring Mind, featuring academics and their various research topicsLife and Radiation, exploring various forms of radiation from sunlight to gamma raysThe Little Sisters, concerning life at Les Servantes de Jésus-Marie convent in Hull, QuebecMen Against The Ice, concerning exploration through the Northwest PassageOn Prescription Only, regarding modern advances in medical drugsPangnirtung, featuring life in the northern Canadian communityThe Performer, broadcast in two parts, this explored the state of culture and performing artists in Canada featuring David Adams, John Drainie, Celia Franca, Frances Hyland, Oscar Peterson, Christopher Plummer and Teresa StratasPoisons, Pests, and People, broadcast in two parts, concerned modern insect control, the effects of insecticides, and research towards species-specific pest controlThe Power of Matter another two-part documentary on nuclear energySteering North, featuring navigation in the ArcticThis Electronic World, featuring the effects of electronic technology on modern life