Trans-Canada Express

This short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy The General, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.

Release Date: March 14, 1944

Status: Released

Genres:

Documentary

War

80

Cast

Lorne Greene

Lorne Greene

Narrator (voice)