The Days Before Christmas was later released in December 1958, while Blood and Fire aired as the first episode on 26 October 1958.
[3] Candid Eye, influenced by British Free Cinema films[4] and the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, was one of the NFB's very first experiments in Cinéma vérité.
Only Festival in Puerto Rico had a script, and Pilgrimage, The Days Before Christmas, Police, and Blood and Fire involved large crowds.
[6] (Later, The Back-Breaking Leaf would win the Eurovision Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival.)
Six 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.