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Trans Canada Summer

1958 56 min
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The camera follows the Trans-Canada Highway from east to west, revealing the people, the resources and the geography of Canada. Included are some of the engineering feats accomplished in the building of the highway.

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The camera follows the Trans-Canada Highway from east to west, revealing the people, the resources and the geography of Canada. Included are some of the engineering feats accomplished in the building of the highway.

  • script
    Ronald Dick
  • director
    Ronald Dick
  • co-director
    Jack Olsen
    Jean Palardy
  • photography
    Robert Humble
    Reginald Morris
    Jean Roy
  • editing
    William Greaves
  • sound effects
    William Greaves
  • commentary
    Stanley Jackson
  • narrator
    Pierre Berton
  • music direction
    Eldon Rathburn
  • music editing
    Malca Gillson
  • sound recording
    Joseph Champagne
  • producer
    Tom Daly

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