Item number (ISN):
251353
Fonds/collection:
CANADIAN NATIONAL / CHEMINS DE FER NATIONAUX DU CANADA
General access conditions for collection
Reproduction access:
- with written permission of copyright owner : with written permission of Canadian National Railways
Accession number:
1995-0071
Title:
The People's Railway
Series title:
[Canadian National Railways]
Production company:
- Potterton Productions Inc.
Sponsor:
- Canadian National Railways
Production Credit:
- director, John Spotten; executive producer, Brant Ducey; Murray Shostak; scenario, Donald Brittain; editing, John Spotten; David Green; sound, Danny Singer; sound editing, Jacques Leroux; Interloc Films Inc.
Description:
- Canadian National Railways, claiming title as one of the largest communications networks in the world, focuses in this film on the people who make up this large system.
- The film features the men who fix and maintain the rails, telegraph operators, and a man who receives his newspaper from the train that passes 80 feet from his front door. It depicts scenes from the board rooms of CN's offices all the way to the average patron of the trains. <53mn 38s>
Copyright Status:
Under copyright
Copyright Owner:
- Copyright probably rests with CNR. If CNR does not own copyright, rights may rest with Potterton Productions Inc.
Donor Restrictions:
The permission of CNR is required to reproduce this title.
Notes:
- 1. Alex Trebek makes an appearance at the end of this film.
- 2. Pat Galloway and Barry MacGregor answer questions after a performance of King Lear.
Source:
DSINTRNL - 251353
