Trans-Canada Express

Collaborateurs : Hawes, Stanley | Newman, Sydney | National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa)

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.

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