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Catalogue Number: NFB521313
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Sydney Newman
Directors: Stanley Hawes
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Civics, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Physical Geography, Tech/Voc, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1944
Running Time: 9:44
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Trans-Canada Express - DVD
Catalogue Number: NFB521313
Producer: National Film Board Of Canada
Producers: Sydney Newman
Directors: Stanley Hawes
Producing Agencies: National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), Office national du film du Canada (Ottawa)
Subject: Canadian History, Canadian Social Issues, Civics, Documentary, Family Studies/Home Economics, Physical Geography, Tech/Voc, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 1944
Running Time: 9:44
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A survey of the 25 000 miles of territory linked by Canada's railroads in tribute to the railroad's contribution to the war effort. Included is a sequence from Buster Keaton's The General, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.