Corporation (TV series) explained

Genre:	documentary
Director:	Arthur Hammond
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	6
Executive Producer:	George Pearson
Producer:	Arthur Hammond
Editor:	Pierre Lasry
Cinematography:	Jean-Pierre Lachapelle
Runtime:	30 minutes

Corporation is a Canadian business documentary television series which aired on CBC Television in 1975. It offered a rare behind-the-scenes look at the internal workings of the Steinberg supermarket chain's business operations and departments. Most of the footage was filmed in 1969, and released in the early 1970s.

Premise

This series broadcast all but one of the National Film Board of Canada documentary films on the Steinberg grocery company, documenting the business life of the company.^[1] The films received co-operation and involvement from company leader Sam Steinberg. One of the documentaries, "After Mr. Sam", ran almost 78 minutes long and was not broadcast on CBC during this run.^[2] All of the films have been digitized and made available for public viewing on the NFB's website.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast most Sundays at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 16 February to 6 April 1975.

Episodes

1. "Growth" describes the past and future development of the company
2. "Real Estate" concerns the company's land holdings and their effect on residential patterns
3. "International Operations" featured the results of Steinberg opening a store in Paris
4. "The Market" documented the company's approach to managing its relationships with customers, competitors and suppliers
5. "Motivation" documented the company's relationships with its workers
6. "Bilingualism" documented the company's relationships with Quebec

Not broadcast:

• "After Mr. Sam" documented discussions surround the future succession of the Steinberg empire and corporate makeup when founder Sam Steinberg steps back from running the company.

External links

• Web site: Corporation . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311074242/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Con.html . 11 March 2010 .
• Retailing Industries documentaries at the National Film Board of Canada

Notes and References

1. Betty Lee, "Steinberg's supermarkets the star of NFB's 6-part study". The Globe and Mail, 21 January 1974.
2. Web site: Corporation . John . Corcelli . August 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .