The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Barry MacKay
- Steve
- (as Barry Mackay)
J. Farrell MacDonald
- Major Rogers
- (as J.Farrell Macdonald)
Ben Welden
- Joe
- (as Ben Weldon)
Jock MacKay
- Bates
- (as Jock Mackay)
Howard Hickman
- Donald Smith - Member of C.P.R. Board
- (as Howard C. Hickman)
William Millman
- R.B. Angus - Member of C.P.R. Board
- (as Lestrange Millman)
Storyline
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- Trivia[Foreword] The Construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway, planned to span Canada from East to West, proved an engineering feat of the first magnitude. After years of anxiety and toil it progressed 2,000 miles on its way, and came within sight of the barrier - the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains.
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A friend burned this onto a DVD for me, and I watched and enjoyed it earlier today.
There are lots of historical inaccuracies in the film, but I liked it, anyway. The guy playing Moody, Roy Emerton, was effective.
To cite just one small inaccuracy (not a spoiler) a reference is made to the first train going through the Rockies, its destination given as Vancouver. The first train was actually bound for Port Moody, at the eastern end of Burrard Inlet, and arrived there July 4, 1886. The first train into Vancouver, a few miles farther west, didn't get there until May of 1887.
There are lots of historical inaccuracies in the film, but I liked it, anyway. The guy playing Moody, Roy Emerton, was effective.
To cite just one small inaccuracy (not a spoiler) a reference is made to the first train going through the Rockies, its destination given as Vancouver. The first train was actually bound for Port Moody, at the eastern end of Burrard Inlet, and arrived there July 4, 1886. The first train into Vancouver, a few miles farther west, didn't get there until May of 1887.
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- derlang
- Jun 20, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Great Barrier
- Filming locations
- Three Valley Gap, British Columbia, Canada(Revelstoke Review newspaper)
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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