The first productions of Chetwynd Films' (aka Chetwynd Productions) were films on coaching, education, and the activities of the Red Cross. These were followed by children's shows for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Beginning in 1947, he produced shows about each
Grey Cup championship, as well as shows for the
Canadian Football League teams and the
CFL's annual Schenley Awards. Beginning in 1952, he produced shows about each
Calgary Stampede. Sports films would account for 30% of Chetwynd's work; the rest was made up by films about accident prevention, medicine and travel. Films were often for, or in co-production with,
CTV, the
CBC and the
National Film Board of Canada, which distributed many of his films. others featured the client—in 1969, hockey great
Jean Béliveau paid Chetwynd to make
The Jean Béliveau Story, a one-hour special which aired on
CTV. Chetwynd also directed films (
Calgary Stampede : Banff Indian Days, 1957) and worked on films for other producers, e.g. he was one of the cinematographers on the 1963
Crawley Films production
Repeat Performance. Chetwynd's award-winning film
Jamboree, about the
8th World Scout Jamboree in
Niagara-on-the-Lake, was selected for "Significance" by the Canadian government and became one of six films shown at the Canadian Pavilion at
Expo 58 in
Brussels. In 1972, Chetwynd succeeded his uncle as 8th
Baronet Chetwynd, of
Brocton Hall, Staffordshire. In 1977, his son Robin, who had been directing films for the company since the mid-1960s, took over as president of Chetwynd Films. He carried on making promotional films until he closed the company c. 1980. Arthur founded the Toronto PR firm Brocton Hall Communications. He retired in 1988. ==Personal life and death==