The National dream. Episode 1, The great lone land

DVD 1980

In the Speech from the Throne in February 1871, the government of Sir John A. Macdonald announces the intention to build a railway to the Pacific.

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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National dream, building the impossible railway

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1 videodisc (54 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
video file
DVD video

Other Title:

Great lone land [DVD]

Notes:

Based on the books The National dream and The Last spike by Pierre Berton
Written by William Whitehead and Timothy Findley
With Pierre Berton
DVD
RPL: Public performance rights

Control Number:

540337

Other Authors:

Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004
Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004. Last spike
Berton, Pierre, 1920-2004. National dream
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Murray, James
Till, Eric

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