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Sampson, Paddy, 1926-2005 English
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Zhao Gala

The last 10 minutes of the televised music special.

Youth concert exerpts

Produced as 12 one-hour specials of Canadian orchestral works and original ballets, jazz and classical, with international soloists. Hosts included Lois Applebaum and Mario Bernardi.

Treasure of kings / NBC Network, USA

A 90 minute feature film documentary about the discover of lost art treasures for the NBC network in conjunction with Phil Stein/ Belafonte Productions. Filmed on location in Czechoslovakia, West Germany and Austria.

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

The lonely machine / Eye opener

  • 2010.003.01.15.01
  • Item
  • February 11, 1982 [original record date March 1965]
  • Part of Paddy Sampson fonds

An adaptation of a Jules Feiffer cartoon starring Rich Little, originally aired in a 1965 episode of the CBC series Eye Opener.

The Wolfman Jack Show [television series]

The U.S. disk jockey Wolfman Jack came to the greater public's attention in the 1973 film American Graffiti and as the announcer for the television rock concert series, The Midnight Special. His Howl Productions co-produced The Wolfman Jack Show with the CBC in Vancouver. The producers booked foreign performers as well as Canadian musical artists, such as the Stampeders and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, and was intended to give Canadian artists an avenue into an international market. The program also featured regular performances by the Famous People Players, and comedy with Danny Wells, Peter Cullen, and Sally Sales.

Original air dates: Tue 7:30-8:00 p.m., 5 Oct 1976-13 Sep 1977

Wolfman Jack

The Corsican Brothers / Purple Playhouse [television series]

The Purple Playhouse featured a series of eight television melodramas from the United States and Europe that were adapted for Canadian television. The story of the Corsican Brothers was adapted from a story by Alexandre Dumas, first published in 1844.

The Blues : part 2

  • 2010.003.01.03.02
  • Item
  • [December 8, 1985 (original broadcast December 28, 1966)]
  • Part of Paddy Sampson fonds

Copy of part 2 of the original broadcast on December 28, 1966. Guests featured in this six-part series included Muddy Waters, Brownie McGee, Sonny Terry, Otis Spahn and Willie Dixon.

The Blues : part 1

  • 2010.003.01.03.01
  • Item
  • [December 8, 1985 (original broadcast December 28, 1966)]
  • Part of Paddy Sampson fonds

Copy of part 1 of the original broadcast on December 28, 1966. Guests featured in this six-part series included Muddy Waters, Brownie McGee, Sonny Terry, Otis Spahn and Willie Dixon.

The Blues

Original broadcast on December 28, 1966 was 90 min. in length. This version is only 60 min. Guests featured in this six-part series included Muddy Waters, Brownie McGee, Sonny Terry, Otis Spahn and Willie Dixon.

Tears are not enough [documentary]

"Tears Are Not Enough" was a song written and performed by a group of Canadian artists in 1985 to raise relief funds for the famine in Ethiopia. This documentary explored the song's creation and recording, and aired on CBC television on December 22, 1985.

Superspecials [television series]

A recurring special weekend broadcast that showcased many of Canada's international and up-and-coming stars, supported by well-known foreign talent. The Superspecials slot was the place for four annual Wayne and Shuster hour-long shows, as well as programs by the Irish Rovers and ballerina Karen Kain.

Show of the Week : The 20's

File consists of two reel-to-reel audio tapes from the 1969 "Show of the week: the 20's"". The reels are labelled as tape one and tape two.

Ryan's Fancy

Item is a recording of the Ryan's Fancy from the Canadian Express series.

Roy Thompson hall gala opening (exterior shots only)

The opening festival for the Roy Thompson Hall ran from September 13-25, 1982 and included the performance of two commissioned pieces: "Fanfare" by Ray Ludeke and "Sun" by R. Murray Schafer. The hall continues to be a major music and concert venue in Toronto.

Queen's gala

Queen Elizabeth II makes an official visit to Winnipeg, Canada.

Points east, points west [television program]

Television series that aired from May-October 1976, featuring musical variety productions from CBC centres outside Toronto, two each from Vancouver, Montreal, Halifax, Edmonton, and St. John's. The programs were pilots for future CBC productions and featured local talents from each of the regions.

Paddy Sampson fonds

  • F 2010.003
  • Fonds

Fonds consists of audio reels and video tapes (VHS, U-Matic and Betacam) with excerpts of interviews, television shows and specials intended for broadcast on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) English Television Network. The tapes were compiled by Paddy Sampson during the course of his employment with the CBC as a television producer.

Sampson, Paddy

Opening graphics

Item is a recording of the opening graphics for the Canadian Express series.

Olympic medal presentation

Medal ceremony showing RCMP officers, close-up of medals, downtown Calgary, the torch relay, winners for the 20km Biathalon from East Germany, Italy, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Soviet Union (Ukraine), Switzerland.

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