I Like to See the Wheels Turn

I Like to See the Wheels Turn

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  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 30, 1981

Runtime

0h 56m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

I Like to See the Wheels Turn

Production Companies

CBC, ONF | NFB

Director

Giles Walker

Description

To anyone outside the Atlantic provinces, K. C. Irving is virtually unknown. Yet he is reputed to be the richest man in Canada, patriarch of a New Brunswick-based industrial empire involving oil, transportation, newspapers, lumber and much more. This one-hour documentary marks the first time a filmmaker has gained access to the legendary Irving, whose business career began in 1924 with the purchase of an oil truck. It is an absorbing look at a man who amassed great wealth as a by-product of his main objective: "to see wheels turn."