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Train 406

1958 30 min
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This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.

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    1955 46 films
    This TV series from the mid-1950s blended documentary and fiction to tell Canadian stories from a Canadian perspective.

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This short documentary offers a step-by-step account of a fast freight train on a run from Toronto to Halifax, with glimpses of the vast amount of organization necessary in the operation of a country-wide transportation network.

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  • director
    Fergus McDonell
  • editing
    Fergus McDonell
  • producer
    David Bairstow
  • script
    Charles E. Israel
  • photography
    Eugene Boyko
  • sound
    Claude Pelletier
  • sound editing
    Kathleen Shannon

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