NFB Collection
Railroaders
195822 min 40 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Guy L. Coté
Production: Tom Daly
Script: Guy L. Coté
A film about winter railroading in the Canadian Rockies and the men who keep the lines clear. The stretch between Revelstoke and Field, British Columbia, is a snow-choked threat to communications. The film shows the work of section hands, maintenance men, train crews and telegraph operators.
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Subject categories
- Transportation > RailwaysWinter Conditions
- History > Canada 1946-1991
- History and Citizenship Education > Imperialism and Colonization (1800s-1900s)
- Technology Education > Science and Technology
Credits
- director
- Guy L. Coté
- script
- Guy L. Coté
- editing
- Guy L. Coté
- executive producer
- Tom Daly
- photography
- John Spotton
- sound
- George Croll
- sound editing
- Stuart Baker
- animation
- Sidney Goldsmith
- music
- Robert Fleming
- narrator
- Geoffrey Hogwood