''Candid Eye'' is a

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documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1958.

Production

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, and Stanley Jackson filmed ''The Days Before Christmas'' in December 1957, and the

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and

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requested six more episodes after seeing it. ''The Day Before Christmas'' was later given a release in December 1958, while ''Blood and Fire'' aired as the show's first episode on 26 October 1958. Tom Daly served as the executive producer. Multiple names were suggested for the show, including ''The Roving Eye'', but ''Candid Eye'' was selected despite fears that it would be confused with '' Candid Camera''. The show was successful and seven additional episodes were requested although they would air under the name '' Documentary '60'' after the CBC asked the NFB to rebrand ''Candid Eye'', ''Frontiers'', and ''The World in Action'' into one show. ''Candid Eye'', influenced by the work of

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was one of the NFB's very first experiments in

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and has been credited as helping to inspire the cinema verite documentary movement.

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''Candid Eye'' at the National Film Board of Canada
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