The Romance of Transportation in Canada

Daly, Tom, (film producer.). Low, Colin, (film director.). National Film Board of Canada (Ottawa), (film producer.).

Summary: Light-hearted animated whimsy about a down-to-earth subject: how this country's vast distances and great obstacles were overcome. The whole story of transportation is told with tongue-in-cheek seriousness, from the intrepid trail blazers of long ago to the aircraft of today and tomorrow.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (11 min., 20 sec.) : sound
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Publisher: Montreal : National Film Board of Canada, 2008.
Copyright: ©1952

Content descriptions

General Note:	Also available:.Also available in the following video compilations: <I>50 for 50: Volume 1, Tape 2: Animation: A Touch of Fantasy</I>; <I>Planes, Trains and Automania</I> and <I>Speaking of Canada</I>; <I>Best of the Best; Romantic Tales and Other Whimsical Relationships</I>. Versions:.Originally produced in a version of 14 min. 27 sec., under the same title, title code: 105C 0152 110.
Restrictions on Access Note:	No restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Eldon Rathburn ; sound editing, Kenneth Heeley-Ray ; sound recording, Clarke Daprato ; producer, Tom Daly ; animation, Wolf Koenig, Robert Verrall ; director, Colin Low ; photography, Lyle Enright.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Max Ferguson.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded 1952.
Target Audience Note:	9-14.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2024-03-01).