NFB Collection
Challenger: An Industrial Romance
198057 min 23 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Stephen Low
Production: Stephen LowRoman KroitorMichael RubboHarry Gulkin
Script: Stephen Low
Produced by the NFB for Industry, Trade and Commerce of Canada.
Challenger: An Industrial Romance follows the development of Canadair's super-executive jet. A totally new type of aircraft, it is faster, cheaper to fly, and more comfortable than any other business jet. Would it make it off the drawing board and into the air? The film captures the spirit of the Canadian air transport industry and its attempt to compete with the American leaders in the industry.
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Subject categories
- Transportation > Aircraft and Aviation
- Technology > Aviation
- History > Canada 1946-1991
- History and Citizenship Education > Economy and Development (1500-present)
- Technology Education > Science and TechnologySociety and Technology
Credits
- director
- Stephen Low
- producer
- Stephen Low
- script
- Stephen Low
- narrator
- Stephen Low
- executive producer
- Roman Kroitor
- associate producer
- Michael Rubbo
- Harry Gulkin
- photography
- Andreas Poulsson
- sound
- Bev Davidson
- Jacques Drouin
- editing
- Roger Hart
- sound editing
- Ken Page
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Adrian Croll
Awards
- Honorable Mention - Category: Management TrainingItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Bijou Award for Best Documentary over 30 minutesGenie Awards
- Silver Award for Second Best Film of the FestivalInternational Film Festival
- Best in Category Promotion-Commercial Sales and Public RelationsInternational Film Festival
- Chris Statuette Award International Film and Video Festival
- Grierson Award for Outsanding Documentary over 30 minutesCanadian Short Film and Television Awards
- Gold Camera AwardU.S. Industrial Film Festival
- Special Prize - Category: Informatory and Product-Progaganda FilmsFestival of Technical Films and Films on Industrial Design
- Golden Cindy Award for Best Documentary under 30 minutesCindy Competition