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81-734: Blohm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hans Blohm C.M. (born 1927), photographer and author Hermann Blohm (1848–1930), German businessman and co-founder of German company Blohm+Voss Linn Blohm (born 1992), Swedish handball player for IK Sävehof and the Swedish national team Robert Blohm (born 1948), American and Canadian investment banker, economist and statistician, professor in China's Central University of Finance and Economics Tom Blohm (1920–2000), Norwegian football player See also [ edit ] Blohm + Voss ,

162-622: A $ 1 million cut, as part of a government attempt to save $ 1 billion. The Public Service Staff Relations Board ruled in 1977 that 99% of the freelance workers at the NFB were employees and the board of governors later recommended the firing of sixty-five people. Federal budget cuts caused Roberts to plan for the NFB's budget to decrease by 10% between 1979 and 1981. Lamy left the NFB and the board of Governors selected James de Beaujeu Domville , who served as deputy film commissioner for seven years, after four months. Domville selected François N. Macerola ,

243-461: A $ 1.3 million budget for a women's department, but it was rejected by the Treasury. Verrall gave Shannon permission to organize Studio D , the first publicly funded feminist film-production unit in the world, in 1974. However, there would be no French version of Studio D until the formation of Studio B in 1986. Studio D produced 125 films before its closure in 1996. In 1970, Pelletier called for

324-550: A German shipbuilding and engineering works Blom Bohm (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Blohm . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blohm&oldid=1100414815 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

405-592: A Master Carpenter in 1955. From 1956 to 1958, he worked as a carpenter . Then he secured a job as a school photographer for all the rural schools in the Western Quebec School Board and in Eastern Ontario . For two years, with his Volkswagen Beetle , he travelled the back roads from Montreal to Port Hope visiting the one-room schools. From 1958 to 1963, Blohm became a darkroom technician and manager. But when he dared ask for

486-453: A cost of $ 5.25 million and served as the NFB's headquarters until 2019. In September 1954, Quebec censors demanded that the NFB pay a censorship fee of $ 20,500 per year and Trueman wanted to accept it in order to avoid controversy. However, a compromise was reached where the Quebec censors were given one print of each film and if they censored it then all versions would be also censored while

567-744: A decade of its creation. Grierson lacked strong support in the Canadian government and some of his films received opposition from members of the government. Inside Fighting Russia was criticized for its support of the Russian Revolution and Balkan Powderkeg for criticizing the United Kingdom's policy in the Balkans. Grierson and the NFB were attacked during the onset of the Cold War . The Federal Bureau of Investigation created

648-756: A file on Grierson in 1942, due to the World in Action newsreel being considered too left-wing. Leo Dolan, an ally of Hepburn and the head of the Canadian Government Travel Bureau, accused Grierson of being Jewish and a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation supporter. The Gouzenko Affair implicated Freda Linton, one of Grierson's secretaries, and the organization was criticized by the Progressive Conservative Party for subversive tendencies, financial waste, and being

729-505: A freelance photographer. For Expo 67 in Montreal, he was involved in the advanced planning of photo exhibits. In 1969, he formed Foto Blohm which became Foto Blohm Associates Ltd. in 1971. In the years that followed his skills and reputation as a photographer grew. Blohm's recognition earned him numerous major photo assignments from architects, high technology sector, government departments, galleries, etc. Blohm's first exposure to

810-570: A friend hitchhiked across Lapland for three months. There, he was "bitten by the Arctic bug". In 1956, Blohm went to Canada hoping to bring back to Germany a childhood friend, Ingeborg Ramm, who had emigrated to Canada a year earlier. After travelling across Canada, the couple realized they wanted to stay. Blohm and Ingeborg were married on November 2, 1956. They settled in Ottawa to raise their three children: Norman, Heike and Sigrid. Blohm became

891-742: A gathering of Elders coming from all corners of Baffin Island . Blohm was hired to record all the big events leading up to the establishment of Nunavut . He was present at several of the meetings where the negotiations took place; the Agreement in Principle in Igloolik ; the contract signing with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in Iqaluit ; the Royal Assent signing at Coppermine ( Kugluktuk );

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972-400: A government monopoly, with the NFB's crown corporation request being referred to as an "expansionist, monopolistic psychology", and that they were unable to compete with the NFB as it paid no taxes and was exempt from tariffs. The commission's report supported the NFB and its requests for Crown corporation status and a headquarters were accepted. In 1950, Irwin wrote to Robert Winters about

1053-564: A monkey on the back of English production". Encyclopædia Britannica reportedly offered to buy the NFB for $ 100 million (equivalent to $ 392,750,000 in 2023) in 1979. During Derek Lamb 's leadership of the English language animation studio produced multiple critical acclaimed works, including the Academy Award-winning Every Child . Lamb resigned in 1982, and was replaced by Doug McDonald, whose tenure

1134-602: A monopoly. Grierson was also accused of being involved, but was proven not to be. During McLean's tenure film production was divided into four units in 1948. Unit A dealt with agriculture, non-English, and interpretative films, Unit B dealt with sponsored, scientific, cultural, and animated films, Unit C dealt with theatrical, newsreels, tourist, and travel films, and Unit D dealt with international affairs and special projects. This system continued until its abolition on 28 February 1964 when it had seven units, five English-language and two French-language. In 1947, Grant McLean ,

1215-460: A panoramic array at its main reception lobby. For this mural, the 1/25th of a ¼" square microchip had to be enlarged 16 million times in area. Engineers calculated it to be the highest magnification of a small portion of a microchip, up to that time. Blohm was commissioned to produce nine more murals that hung in Ireland, Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C. , Florida , Bromont, Quebec , etc. One of these

1296-416: A position and instead sent the information to Harris. St. Laurent was angered by this and asked Winters if Trueman was attempting to sabotage the relocation and Trueman told Winters that he was just giving Harris information about the situation. The Conservatives criticized the rising cost of the headquarters' construction and attempted to block it, but failed. The building was constructed from 1953 to 1956, at

1377-611: A raise he was instantly fired. With his portfolio in hand, he went around Ottawa knocking on doors. He was close to getting discouraged when the National Film Board of Canada (Stills Division) offered him $ 600 for a selection of his transparencies for featured publication in Year of the Land and Call them Canadians , two pictorial books about Canada. Later in 1963, Blohm found a job at Photo Features Ltd doing contract work for

1458-567: A report on restructuring the NFB and Winters told Irwin to rewrite the 1939 Film Act as it was outdated by then. The National Film Act was passed in June, and took effect on 14 October. A Canadian tour by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip was filmed using 35 mm Eastman colour-film stock, which was not available to the public yet. The film was initially meant to be two reels, worth twenty minutes, but grew to five reels as they could not determine what to cut. Irwin met with Harvey Harnick,

1539-740: A report to the 19th Canadian Ministry for the creation of a loan fund to aid the development of the Canadian film industry. The proposal was approved in October 1965, and legislation, the Canadian Film Development Corporation Act of 1966-67, for its creation was introduced in June 1966, before being approved on 3 March 1967, establishing the Canadian Film Development Corporation . Denys Arcand , Gilles Carle , Jacques Godbout , Gilles Groulx , and Clément Perron criticized

1620-511: Is an international business, dependent when it comes to distribution on an alliance or understanding with American film interests". He travelled to Hollywood in 1944, and the NFB sent scripts to American companies for consideration. Norman McLaren founded the NFB's animation unit in 1942, and had George Dunning , René Jodoin , Wolf Koenig , Jean-Paul Ladouceur , Evelyn Lambart , Colin Low , Grant Munro , and Robert Verrall working there within

1701-452: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Hans Blohm Blohm's landscapes and portraits have appeared in many books and magazines, while twenty-three of his photographs have appeared on Canadian postage stamps . His solo photo exhibitions travelled across four continents while his 17 books, ranging from coffee-table pictorials to a collection of essays from Northerners, have sold worldwide. Blohm also left his mark in

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1782-720: The Ottawa Citizen and operating the very first wire service in Canada (which had been set up for one of their clients, the Toronto Star ). By 1966, he had become a partner in the business, owning 50% of the shares. From 1964 to 1966, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation hired Blohm as a freelance cameraman. He participated in numerous National Film Board books, publications and audiovisual programs. In 1966, Blohm decided to become

1863-670: The Government of Canada , the NFB produces and distributes documentary films , animation , web documentaries , and alternative dramas. In total, the NFB has produced over 13,000 productions since its inception, which have won over 5,000 awards. The NFB reports to the Parliament of Canada through the Minister of Canadian Heritage . It has bilingual production programs and branches in English and French, including multicultural-related documentaries. The Exhibits and Publicity Bureau

1944-530: The Minister of Communications , then led by David MacDonald . MacDonald supported giving 80% of the sponsored work to private companies and that the NFB only make films that the private companies could not. Domville offered a three-year phase out of NFB doing sponsored work during a meeting with representatives of the Canadian Film and Television Association and Association des Producteurrs de Films du Quebec in 1979. He stated that "sponsored film had become

2025-496: The University of New Brunswick and a member of the board of governors of the NFB and CBC, was selected by Winters to replace Irwin. A reshuffling of the cabinet had Walter Edward Harris become the new minister responsible for the NFB. Since the foundation of the NFB its offices were divided across multiple locations in Ottawa and plans created during World War II to construct a single headquarters were not acted upon. Montreal

2106-524: The 1980s. The first usage of videotape by the NFB occurred in 1967, when Claude Jutra and Robert Forget used it for research with children. Newman, a former NFB director who spent the previous twelve years working on television shows in the United Kingdom, was selected to replaced McPherson as commissioner in 1970, and he selected André Lamy as his assistant commissioner. Faulkner opposed Newman and worked to have Newman not reappointed in July 1975, and he

2187-540: The Arctic as well as white man's court in session about the Inuit. Blohm's book based on his experiences with northern people, The Voice of the Natives - The Canadian North and Alaska , took three decades and was originally published in English and German. During his travels, Blohm asked the northern Native people to reflect upon their experience on the living land. It has texts by a variety of Inuit. Blohm published it into

2268-641: The Arctic came about in 1977 when he and daughter Heike drove from Ottawa to the Yukon and Alaska on a personal assignment. He wanted to photograph the installation of a new bridge over the Eagle River , some 15 km from the Arctic Circle . This bridge is the northernmost steel bridge of its kind, with special high tensile strength steel to withstand the temperature differences of the North. That steel

2349-465: The Arts, Letters and Sciences , with Massey as its chair, was formed in 1949. The NFB submitted a brief asking to have a headquarters constructed, budget increases, and to become a Crown corporation . Robert Winters , whose ministry oversaw the NFB, stated that its brief did not represent government policy. The Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada submitted a brief criticizing

2430-474: The CBC. Roberge created the positions of Assistant Government Film Commissioner, held by Grant McLean and Roland Ladouceur, Director of Production for English, held by Julian Biggs , and French, held by Marcel Martin, productions. Roberge resigned as commissioner on 1 April 1966, and declined to be involved with the selection of his successor. Grant was appointed as the acting commissioner by Judy LaMarsh . LaMarsh

2511-723: The Global Film Policy with the Capital Cost Allowance in which investors could get a 100% tax deduction. Faulkner proposed to shift the responsibility of sponsored films to the Department of Supply and Services and only give the NFB 30% of the work. However, he was replaced by John Roberts during a shuffling of the cabinet in September 1976. Roberts believed that the CCA resolved the funding problems for

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2592-589: The Massey report, was selected instead as the first French-Canadian commissioner. Le Devoir supported his selection and the French media ended its criticism of the NFB. Ellen Fairclough , who became the minister responsible for the NFB in May 1958, was not interested with the organization and never saw a film created by the NFB. She declined to interfere in NFB matters despite criticism from Pickersgill, who believed that

2673-658: The NFB and its productions in articles written for the Cité Libre . Juneau stated that the articles were a watershed moment in the NFB's history. The men were reprimanded by Roberge. Many employees left the NFB following the reprimands including Michel Brault , Carle, Bernard Gosselin , Groulx, and Arthur Lamothe . Juneau left the NFB in March 1966, and worked at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission before becoming president of

2754-617: The NFB were made to air on television by 1955. In 1956, the CBC's exclusion grew to them making Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans with the expressed prohibition of NFB involvement and rejecting a show by the NFB based on Jake and the Kid . Irwin resigned as commissioner in May 1953, and later stated that he wanted to be more involved in film production, but his time was being taken up by administrative purposes. Albert Trueman , president of

2835-464: The NFB would pay an annual fee between $ 2,500-3,000. Pierre Juneau , who was sent to the United Kingdom by Irwin, was brought by Trueman to the NFB as an adviser and secretary in 1953. The creation of two assistant commissioners, one English and one French, with Juneau as the French assistant commissioner was proposed in November 1954, but was rejected by Jack Pickersgill , who replaced Harris, over

2916-407: The NFB's Columbia theatrical distributor, and J.J. Fitzgibbons, the president of Famous Players , and Fitzgibbons told Irwin that he would screen all five reels if the film was completed for a Christmas release. Royal Journey opened in seventeen first-run theatres and over course of the next two years it was screened in 1,249 Canadian theatres where it was watched by a record two million people and

2997-466: The NFB's demand that no commercials be played during their films and the NFB charging $ 10,000–$ 15,000 for 30 minute films while a commercial network had received it for $ 800. The CBC and NFB also co-produced The Ernie Game and Waiting for Caroline which went overbudget by $ 50,000 and $ 200,000 respectively. In 1967, the Treasury Board limited the NFB's expenditures to $ 10 million and over

3078-540: The NFB's strongest critics, died in a plane crash although Floyd Chalmers , the president of Maclean-Hunter , criticized Irwin for leaving Maclean's . Film production was centralized under Irwin by having one person oversee the four film units. He selected Donald Mulholland over James Beveridge and Mulholland was criticized for ignoring French-language film production. Unit E, dealing with sponsored work, and Unit F, dealing with French-language films, were created in 1951. The Royal Commission on National Development in

3159-478: The NFB. Pelletier approved the NFB charging $ 3–12 per day for its films, but they were later removed as being in violation of anti-inflation guidelines. Fees would be instituted in 1988. The Treasury had granted $ 1 million, $ 250,000 less than what was requested, in August to cover NFB's salary increases, but McPherson was not informed as ministers hoped he would institute larger budget cuts. An additional $ 500,000

3240-636: The Sheppard Report. However, the Treasury Board of Canada had rejected efforts to fund its creation. Grierson was invited by Grant to report on the possibility of creating a film school. Grierson supported creating a school, if the External Affairs Ministry recommended that production be reduced to free up creative teachers. The CBC terminated its contracts with the NFB in 1966. The CBC and NFB's relations soured due to

3321-453: The Treasury he waited for the perfect time to resign. In 1969, an agreement was reached between the CBC and NFB in which the CBC would be allowed to air commercials during NFB programs. Revenue from sponsored films declined from $ 2.2 million to $ 1.6 million by August 1969. McPherson announced that 10% of the employees would be laid off by 1 January 1970. The employees formed a Crisis Committee under John Howe's leadership and film production

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3402-563: The book was published. As well as the book, an international exhibit, a calendar and a one-hour TVOntario documentary were produced. Blohm's photographs are distributed worldwide by Masterfile, Canada's largest stock photography agency. Blohm has been a contributor for over 30 years. For Science North in Sudbury, Ontario Blohm photographed thin slices of various rocks containing minerals in polarized light and darkfield. His photographs are being shown to children and visitors as part of

3483-408: The company’s 3-inch wafers in his hands, light hit the wafer a certain way and he saw a riot of colour coming off. After hours of attempts, the right angle appeared and Blohm took the photo he had longed for. The next day, the photo was put on the cover of Mitel’s annual report. Mitel commissioned their first backlit mural (six panel 14’ long and 10’ high) in a two-story-high mirrored wall used to create

3564-445: The course of the next three years. André Laurendeau criticized the NFB for not creating a French-language side. In February 1957, Pickersgill allowed for Juneau to become the executive director and be in charge of financial administration and distribution. This was criticized by Montréal-Matin , Le Devoir , L'Action catholique , and other French-language media and Juneau was criticized for demoting Roger Blais , who claimed it

3645-549: The course of two years it was forced to pay for built-in higher salary costs and another salary increase due to an agreement with the SGCT union using existing funds. McPherson asked Pelletier to allow the NFB to spend over $ 500,000 more than its budget in order to avoiding firing 10% of the NFB's employees, and later asked the Cabinet and Treasury for more funding, but was unsuccessful. McPherson later stated that after his failure with

3726-557: The cousin of the NFB commissioner, shot The People Between and the Secretary of State for External Affairs 's department stated that some parts of the film were too favorable towards the Chinese Communist Party . Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis had NFB films removed from schools using accusations of communism. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police discovered that an employee for the NFB's Production Division, who

3807-512: The creation of a Canadian Film Commission, made up of private and governmental interests, but it was opposed by the NFB, CBC, CFDC, and Library and Archives Canada . However, they did agree to form the Advisory Committee on Film as an ad hoc committee. Pelletier later proposed the Global Film Policy in which the NFB would regionalize and share sponsored productions with the private sector. Pelletier's successor, Hugh Faulkner , replaced

3888-495: The director of French production, as his deputy commissioner. Domville offered to continue on as commissioner for another term after 1984, and his demands were accepted by the board of governors, but chose to leave after Francis Fox declined to accept or deny his renewal. After the 1979 election Prime Minister Joe Clark changed the ministry responsible for the NFB from the Secretary of State, which managed it since 1963, to

3969-511: The equipment until 1934, and by then it had lost its theatrical distributors. Badgley was able to get a 16 mm film facility for the bureau in 1931. The bureau was reorganized into the National Film Board of Canada on 11 June 1941, following John Grierson 's recommendation. Ross McLean was working as the secretary to High Commissioner Vincent Massey when he met Grierson, and asked for Grierson to come to Canada to aide in

4050-521: The evolution of technology from early pebble to computers through information storage devices such as the Phaistos Disc in Crete , Stonehenge , and medieval calculators . It is a visual and philosophical musing on the link between prehistoric and ancient technologies and the "so-called high technology " of today. Blohm invested over six years of research and travel (to thirteen countries) before

4131-519: The film was also screened in forty other countries. The film cost $ 88,000, but the NFB gained a profit of $ 150,000 and the film's success was one of the reasons Grierson stated that Irwin "saved the Film Board". The NFB created its first television series, Window on Canada and On the Spot , with the CBC in 1953. However, the CBC opposed increasing the amount of NFB productions as they believed it

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4212-507: The footage was turned into Reaction: A Portrait of a Society in Crisis and Action: The October Crisis of 1970 with some elements censored by Newman. French films banned under Newman's tenure were later released during Lamy's tenure. Kathleen Shannon attempted to have a division created to focus on films made by and about women due to the coming International Women's Year . Newman and Robert Verrall supported Shannon's attempt to get

4293-614: The governmental film policy. Grierson made a report on the Canadian film industry in 1938, and the National Film Act , which he drafted, was passed on 2 May 1939 causing the creation of the NFB. The position of Film Commissioner was left vacant for months, as Ned Corbett declined the appointment, until Grierson, who proposed Badgley and Walter Turnbull for the position, accepted the position for six months in October 1939, but served until 1945. Grierson selected McLean to work as assistant commissioner and Stuart Legg to oversee

4374-422: The interpretive display. Over 180,000 photographs taken by Blohm have been acquired by Library and Archives Canada . [REDACTED] Media related to Hans Blohm at Wikimedia Commons National Film Board of Canada The National Film Board of Canada ( NFB ; French : Office national du film du Canada, ONF ) is a Canadian public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of

4455-648: The language of the Inuit. An advanced copy of the Inuktitut version was unveiled at the Frankfurt International Book Fair on October 7, 2004. Blohm's work in the House of Commons of Canada has found him at various times perched on top of the Speaker 's table or constructing a special "tent" to control lighting around the highly polished Speaker's mace. Throughout his career, he had

4536-587: The main vault of the Royal Bank of Canada . Blohm undertook (along with other photographers) the first-ever production of a photographic catalogue of all artworks in the custody of the National Gallery of Canada on the occasion of its 100th anniversary (in 1980). An altogether different aspect of Blohm's work has focussed on high technology. In 1981, as he was standing in Mitel ’s lobby with one of

4617-421: The minister was responsible for whatever went on at the NFB. Upon his arrival at the NFB in 1953, Juneau saw the difficulties of communication between French and English speakers and supported creating separate English and French production units. Additional units for French-language film production were created in 1958. A French-language branch of the NFB that was independent of its English-language productions

4698-541: The opportunity to take the official portraits of several members of the House of Commons of Canada. Blohm was assigned by the National Film Board to photograph the burial of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson as well as the Liberal Party of Canada convention where Pierre-Elliott Trudeau won the leadership and replaced Lester B. Pearson . Blohm supported his camera with a solid gold bar while working deep within

4779-408: The private industry, accepted Lamy's recommendations for interactions with private companies, and declined to have the Department of Supply and Services manage sponsored films. However, 70% of the sponsored work were given to private companies by the end of Lamy's tenure. A $ 500,000 budget cut and 2.5% decrease in salaries over two years were implemented in 1975, after initially being threatened with

4860-1026: The productions. Grierson sent in a letter of resignation on 27 November 1940, in protest of the CGMPB and NFB not being merged, but agreed to stay on for another six months and the merger happened. Employment rose from 55 to 787 from 1941 to 1945, although it was cut by 40% after the war ended. The Case of Charlie Gordon was the NFB's first English-language film and Un du 22e was its first French-language film. In 1944, Grierson established twelve units to handle production; The World in Action and Canada Carries On , Industrial Relations, Health and Rehabilitation, Newsreel and Armed Forces, Animation, Dominion-Provincial, Travel and Outdoors, Armed Services, Foreign Language Programme, French Language Programme, Agriculture, and Education. Employees were contracted for three months as Grierson believed that job security hurt organizational creativity, but most employees worked longer than three months. Grierson made efforts to increase

4941-498: The secretary of state and representatives of the Treasury before being voted on in parliament, but it was changed to having members of the Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts question the commissioner and Grant was the first commissioner to go through it. There had been multiple attempts by the NFB to create a film school and the idea received support from the External Affairs Ministry and

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5022-562: The studio system in 1971. In 1962, Roberge proposed the creation of an organization to aid in film finance based on the National Film Finance Corporation and Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée . The Interdepartmental Committee on the Possible Development of a Feature Film Industry in Canada, under Roberge's leadership, was formed by the secretary of state. The committee submitted

5103-401: The theatrical distribution of NFB films, primarily its war-related films, as he was coordinating wartime information for the United Kingdom in North America. Famous Players aided in distribution and the Canadian Motion Picture War Services Committee, which worked with the War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry , was founded in 1940. NFB productions such as The World in Action

5184-438: The unveiling of the Nunavut flag in Iqaluit during the April 1, 1999 celebration marking the official creation of the Nunavut Territory . Blohm also obtained assignments from Makivik Corporation , Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) and Canadian Geographic to photograph various people of the Arctic. On behalf of the Inuit Justice Taskforce he photographed the Inuit inmates in southern-style penal/halfway institutions in

5265-419: The world of architecture, portrait and microchip photography . He died on December 4, 2021, at the age of 94. His father, an accomplished amateur photographer, sparked his passion for photography early in childhood. In 1949, Blohm purchased his first camera, a Diax with a 50mm lens. Camera in hand, he travelled Europe recording his experiences on film. His most memorable adventure came in 1952 when he and

5346-475: Was 28’ long and 8’ high for the new Mitel plant in Renfrew, Ontario . Before long, he was hailed by some as Canada's best microchip photographer. Images of integrated circuits captured on his research microscope have become the public image of several high technology clients such as Mitel, Nortel , MOSAID, Motorola , Optotech, Lumonics, etc. In 1986, Blohm published Pebbles to Computers with Anthony Stafford Beer ( Oxford University Press ). The book traces

5427-427: Was a communist, took photos of top-secret military equipment. The Department of National Defence prohibited the NFB from making films for it. Ross McLean followed the recommendations of the department and declared the NFB a vulnerable agency and the RCMP requested the firing of 36 employees. The RCMP requested him to fire a list of employees, McLean refused to fire any employees without their disloyalty being proven. He

5508-416: Was critical of the NFB. It criticized the NFB's preference for aesthetics and cultural films instead of informational films. The report called for a reduction in NFB productions and that it should eventually be entirely replaced by private production. The External Affairs Ministry criticized Sheppard stating that he was serving his own interests. Prior budgets were created by having the commissioner meet with

5589-443: Was criticized by animators such as David Fine 's statement that "Norman McLaren would be turning in his grave if he knew how the place was being run". Fox organized the Applebaum-Hébert Committee under the leadership of Louis Applebaum and Jacques Hébert in 1981. It was the first review of cultural institutions and policies since the Massey Commission. The committee released its report on 15 November 1980, in which it called for

5670-463: Was for him criticizing the salary inequality between French and English speakers. Trueman accepted the position of commissioner with the promise that he would later be given a more prestigious position. He resigned during the French media criticism to become head of the Canada Council in 1957. He suggested Gérard Pelletier as his successor, but Guy Roberge , a former Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec who had written sections of

5751-531: Was formed on 1 January 1964, under the leadership of Pierre Juneau . One-third of the NFB's budget was given to French-language productions. Drylanders , the organization's first English language feature-length fiction film, was released in 1963. In February 1964, the English-language production units were replaced by a talent pool system where producers had less power and directors had more power. The French-language production units were replaced in September 1968. The pool system lasted until its replacement by

5832-581: Was founded on 19 September 1918, and was reorganized into the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau in 1923. The organization's budget stagnated and declined during the Great Depression. Frank Badgley, who served as the bureau's director from 1927 to 1941, stated that the bureau needed to transition to sound films or else it would lose its access to theatrical releases, but the organization did not gain

5913-539: Was free due to lowered production following the Crisis Committee's formation. 63 layoffs were proposed and it was reduced by 17 due to union opposition. The NFB's computer animation program was suspended due to budget cuts although the NFB's French Animated Studio, founded by René Jodoin in 1966, created Peter Foldes 's Metadata in 1971, and the Hunger in 1973. The NFB returned to computer animation in

5994-497: Was hurting CBC's growth. The majority of the filmmakers in the NFB opposed moving into television. Sydney Newman and Gordon Burwash, who supported moving into television, were sent to the United States in 1948 to learn about TV production and NBC was given the right to air NBC productions in exchange. When Newman and Burwash returned they joined the CBC as the NFB was unable to move into television. Half of all productions by

6075-412: Was not reappointed as commissioner and replaced by William Arthur Irwin in 1950. Irwin reduced the demand and only three were fired. Irwin, the editor of Maclean's , was selected to replace McLean as commissioner of the NFB. The Financial Post , one of the NFB's leading critics and the sister publication of Maclean's , stopped its criticism following Irwin's selection and Kenneth Wilson, one of

6156-598: Was produced by Stelco of Hamilton, Ontario , one of Blohm's clients. The Canadian Army Corps of engineers set up the bridge across the Eagle River on the unfinished Dempster Highway in winter 1976-77. In winter 1978-79, Blohm headed north again up the Dempster Highway. Blohm's first assignment in the Canadian North occurred in Pond Inlet in 1979 when he was given the opportunity to photograph

6237-526: Was replaced by Lamy. Lamy criticized multiple French productions, such as Cotton Mill, Treadmill , 24 heures ou plus , and Un pays sans bon sens! , as being too biased or separatist and were ordered to not be released in 1970. Robin Spry was initially denied the ability to film the events of the October Crisis by the English side of the NFB, but was given permission by the French side and

6318-407: Was selected during Irwin's administration due to it bilingualism and two Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television stations being created there. Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent reached an agreement with Duplessis to allow the move. Donald Mulholland, the director of production, ended his support for the relocation to Montreal after Irwin's resignation and argued against it. Trueman did not take

6399-577: Was slow on the selection of a permanent commissioner. Grierson supported Grant's selection, but also put forward Newman. Hugo McPherson was selected to become commissioner in April 1967. Maurice Lamontagne selected Gordon Sheppard, a film producer, to review Canada's cultural policy and his report, Sheppard's Special Report on the Cultural Policy and Activities of the Government of Canada,

6480-416: Was stopped although a strike was not officially called. The committee suggested allowing government sponsors to choose between using the NFB or private companies, allowing outsiders to pay for NFB technical services, creating a unit system where 5-15 people would work together, and creating fees for distribution. McPherson supported the idea of distribution fees and thought that it was the only viable option for

6561-474: Was watched by 30-40 million people per month in the United Kingdom and United States in 1943, and Canada Carries On was watched by 2.25 million people by 1944. The audience for NFB newsreels reached 40-50 million per week by 1944. Grierson opposed feature film production as he believed that Canada did not have a large enough market for an independent feature film industry. He supported working with American film companies and stated that "the theatre film business

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