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The Boy Who Stopped Niagara
194733 minFilm: Fiction
Direction: Leslie McFarlane
Script: Leslie McFarlane
Produced by the National Film Board of Canada for Gaumont British Instructional Films Ltd.
The story of two children, a sister and brother, who accidentally "stop" Niagara Falls when they lose their way in the great falls' power plant. The consequences of the power stoppage are shown, illustrating the importance of hydroelectric power to modern communities.
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Subject categories
- Industry and Commerce > HydroelectricityOntario
Credits
- director
- Leslie McFarlane
- script
- Leslie McFarlane
- camera
- John Norwood
- sound
- Joseph Champagne
- editing
- Jean-Yves Bigras
- music
- Louis Applebaum
- cast
- Norah Anne McFarlane
- Robert Christie
- Marjorie Chadwick
- Rex Devlin
- Robert Goodier
- Earle Grey
- Jeffrey Martin
- Alex McKee
- George Patton