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Catalogue Number: NFB520396
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Julian Biggs
Directors: Gerald Potterton
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Arts, Canadian History, Fiction, Geography, History, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1965
Running Time: 24:47
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The Railrodder - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB520396
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Julian Biggs
Directors: Gerald Potterton
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Montreal), Office national du film du Canada (Montreal)
Subject: Arts, Canadian History, Fiction, Geography, History, Tech/Voc
Language: English
Grade Level: 6 - 8, 9 - 12
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1965
Running Time: 24:47
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A screen short starring Buster Keaton, this is one of the last films of the comedian's long career. As "the railrodder" he crosses Canada from east to west on a railway track speeder. As might be expected, the film is full of sight gags as Keaton putt-putts his way to British Columbia. Not a word is spoken throughout, and Keaton is as spry and ingenious at fetching laughs as he was in the days of the silent slapsticks. Film without words.