NFB Collection
Tale of an Iron Snake
19779 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jim White
Produced for the NFB by Ampersand Film and Videotape Productions Ltd. for the Canadian International Development Agency.
This title is an acquisition.
Malawi is an independent African nation whose people are spread over the country in isolated communities linked only by primitive means of transportation. The Malawi government decided a railway system was needed to unite its people and to encourage trade and commerce. It asked Canada, a country with a century of railroad expertise to its credit, to help. Tale of An Iron Snake describes the Malawi Railways Development Project's goals and achievements.
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Subject categories
- Developing Countries > AfricaForeign Aid
- Transportation > Railways
Credits
- director
- Jim White
- camera
- Paul Saltzman
- sound
- Deepa Saltzman
- editing
- David Maltby
- narrator
- Pierre Berton
- music
- The MBC Band
- The Chichiri Queens