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The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway

  • TV Mini Series
  • 1974
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
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Pierre Berton in The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway (1974)
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A dramatized documentary about the political and engineering struggle to build Canada's first trans-continental railway.A dramatized documentary about the political and engineering struggle to build Canada's first trans-continental railway.A dramatized documentary about the political and engineering struggle to build Canada's first trans-continental railway.

  • Stars
    • Pierre Berton
    • William Hutt
    • Gerard Parkes
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    69
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Pierre Berton
      • William Hutt
      • Gerard Parkes
    • 3User reviews
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    Pierre Berton
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    • 1974
    William Hutt
    • John A. Macdonald
    • 1974
    Gerard Parkes
    Gerard Parkes
    • Edward Blake
    • 1974
    Joseph Shaw
    • George Stephen
    • 1974
    Tony Van Bridge
    • Sir Sandford Fleming
    • 1974
    Gillie Fenwick
    Gillie Fenwick
    • Alexander Mackenzie
    • 1974
    Chris Wiggins
    • Donald Smith
    • 1974
    Pat Galloway
    • Agnes Macdonald
    • 1974
    John Colicos
    John Colicos
    • Cornelius Van Horne
    • 1974
    Robin Gammell
    Robin Gammell
    • Walter Moberly
    • 1974
    James B. Douglas
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    Michael J. Reynolds
    Michael J. Reynolds
    • Andrew Onderdonk
    • 1974
    Neil Dainard
    • Robert Rylatt
    • 1974
    Peter Mews
    • John Henry Pope
    • 1974
    John Horton
    • Lucius Seth Huntington
    • 1974
    Claude Préfontaine
    Claude Préfontaine
    • Georges-Etienne Cartier
    • 1974
    Barney O'Sullivan
    • E.C. Gillette
    • 1974
    Richard Whelan
    • George McMullen
    • 1974
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    • Release date
      • March 3, 1974 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Parkwood Estate, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
    • Production company
      • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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      • Color
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      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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