Canada Drives On

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1480
Date Released
14 Oct 1957
Date Other
Oct 1957
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 7
Summary
Canada’s Pacific Great Eastern railway, running from Vancouver through British Columbia, is driving on to open up a new economic empire, in the North.
Keywords
Environment; Railways; Communications; Industry and manufacture; Engineering; Scenery and travel
Locations
Canada
Footage sources
National Film Board of Canada
Card file number
71858A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
113
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Canada Drives On', British Movietone News Issue No. 1480, 14 Oct 1957. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21978 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)