Canadian Railway , 1960s – FIlm 39169

The History of the Canadian Railway 1960’s

Sign ‘Railway going West’. Stills of the early pioneer days building the Grand Trunk Railway 1850s. Locomotives 377 and 123.
Alberta, Canada. Intertitle: Rails North. New towns Blue Lake, Pine Point. The completion of the railway. Helicopter and filming. Mineral exploration. Escavation works using heavy machinery. View of flowing river. Railway bridge over river. A man working in a crane which stands in the river. Panoramoic views. Tunnel. Railway sleepers at the side of the track ready for laying. Men working ahead building the railway line. Truck tipping soil. Bridge spans river. Radio communications. Slave Lake Railway . POV of driver as train passes over bridge. Signs: Dominion Oldfields Supply Co Ltd and Franklin Pipe and Supply Ltd. Pipes and texico barrels. A Post Office, Hotel, Bank of Montreal, housing and school. Fort Vermilion School bus moves off with children on it. Sid Quist a farmer drives the bus. Back home with his John Deere Tractor in field. Boy milking dairy cow. Children feeding chickens. Boy (cowboy) on horseback. Hereford Cattle herded. The large family (seven children) sit down to a meal after saying grace. Sawmills. Mining at Pine Point for Lead, Zinc. Industry and Slave Lake.
Canadian National Railway with transport tankers. River Hay and McKenzie.Working on railway. Comparison with stills at beginning of film.