The Romance of Transportation in Canada

195211 min 20 secFilm: Animation

G

Direction: Colin Low

Production: Tom Daly

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.

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Sports et transports!

Subject categories

  • History - Canada > Historical PerspectivesTransportation and Communication
  • Transportation > Historical Perspectives
  • History > Early Colonization/Settlement
  • Social Studies > Social History
  • Technology Education > Society and Technology

Credits

music
Eldon Rathburn
sound editing
Kenneth Heeley-Ray
sound recording
Clarke Daprato
narration writer
Guy Glover
producer
Tom Daly
animation
Wolf Koenig
Robert Verrall
director
Colin Low
animation assistant
Sidney Goldsmith
Barrie Helmer
photography
Lyle Enright
narrator
Max Ferguson