Agency - English program:.Northwest Centre.

Director, Harvey Spak ; script, Harvey Spak ; producer, Jerry Krepakevich ; executive producer, Graydon McCrea ; cinematography, James Jeffrey ; sound, Peter Svab ; editing, Peter Svab ; re-recording, Hans Peter Strobl ; music, Roger Deegan.

Narrator, Gord Marriott ; cast, Glenn Beck, Jim DeFelice, Kent Gallie, George Highsmith, Steven Hilton, James Iwasuk, Orest Kinasewich, Bob Koone, Maureen Rooney, Wilf Rowe.

Recorded 1989.

During the 1940s and early '50s, itinerant projectionists for the NFB travelled throughout Canada, bringing films and discussions to rural communities. Movie Showman incorporates dramatic reconstructions set in northern Alberta with documentary footage and interviews with veterans of the movie circuit to reveal an important period in Canadian film history.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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