Versions:.Available also with discussion by Donald Brittain in Brittain on Brittain - Program 10: Never a Backward Step, title code: 111C 0189 193.

Director, Donald Brittain, Arthur Hammond, John Spotton ; location sound recording, Roger Hart ; music editing, John Knight ; sound editing, John Knight ; photography, Paul Leach, Peter Hennessy, Martin Duckworth ; re-recording, Ron Alexander, Roger Lamoureux ; producer, Guy Glover.

Narrator, Michael Kane.

Recorded 1966.

Profile of a Canadian press tycoon whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and a baronetcy in England. The late Lord Thomson related much of the story himself as the cameras followed him about his amazing business. Publisher, television magnate, financier, owner of many newspapers, including leading London dailies, this native of Timmins, Ontario, had a remarkable career. The film is a frank study of an equally frank man.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Etrog for Best Documentary over 30 minutes, 1968 Blue Ribbon Award - First Prize - Category: Biography and History, 1968

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).