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Northwest by Air = Vers le nord par avion
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Item number (ISN):162831Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: 1982-1985Accession:1983-0378Media:FilmOriginal title:Northwest by AirPart:1 of 1Release date:1944Production company:National Film BoardProduction credit:producer, James Beveridge; Margaret Perry; images, Donald Fraser; Joe Gibson; narrator, King Whyte; music, Maurice BlackburnCountry of production:cnDescription:Planning and construction of a chain of airfields through Canada Northwest from Edmonton to Fairbanks, Alaska. Aerials of forbidding Mountain terrain. Men survey route and plan chain of airfields along the Mackenzie River Valley. Freight is shipped north by tractor train and railway, barge and truck. Lenghty sequence on water transport by barge and sternwheelers and on Indians manning them. Shots of Nahanni Indian encampments. Men building an air base at Watson Lake. Shots of U.S. Army Transport C-47, Lockheed Hudson's, etc. of Canadian Pacific Ariline DC-3's etc. and of Edmonton airport. Final aerial views of mountains. <15mn>Language:EnglishOriginal number:106B 0144 192Notes: -
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