Trans-Canada Express (1944)

Release Date: 1944-03-14
Runtime: 0h 19min
Production Company: ONF | NFB
Production Country: Canada
Director: Stanley Hawes

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.