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Across Canada

Accession number: 
1940.0066
Alternate Titles: 
Paisajes Canadienses
Spanish version

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Production Years: 
1940 to 1948

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Length (feet): 
2640 (35mm); 1056 (16mm)
Length (minutes): 
30
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Library and Archives Canada: 16mm, 35mm, Digibeta, VHS.
"A scenic tour across Canada featuring tourist attractions, provincial capitals, Ottawa-Hull, and CP hotel facilities. Footage includes: the CNE and crowds in Toronto; Maple Leaf Gardens; fruit farms in the Niagara Peninsula; travel shots from a train of Canadian landscapes including forests and streams; Mounties training in Regina; the grain harvest; ranches and cowboys; the Calgary Stampede; Banff; Native Canadians; mountains; glaciers; and the Great Divide."

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[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (March 1949): 3.
"Across Canada (3 reels) A coast to coast review of scenic beauty and grandeur, summer resorts and principal cities, which combine to make Canada a country of great charm."

"Paisajes Canadienses," Film News (October 1950): 15.
"Canadian Pacific Railway's popular color film ACROSS CANADA is now available with a Spanish narration. The new version is called PAISAJES CANADIENSES. It is intended for distribution throughout Central and South America, and prints are being placed with various agencies in Spanish speaking countries to the south.
The film depicts a trip from Canada's east coast to the west coast over Canadian Pacific's main line. It is dotted with scenic and industrial highlights of Canada, making it excellent both for travel-conscious audiences and for students of Canada. Three reels in lenth, it runs for approximately 30 minutes.
For distribution to Spanish clubs and audiences in the United States a print of the film has been placed in the film library of P.T. Cole, Public Relations Officer, Canadian Pacific Railway, 581 Fifth Avenue, New York, and is presently available upon request.
Prints of the original English version of the film are also available from the New York library and other Canadian Pacific offices in the larger cities of the United States."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (September 1951): 23.
"Across Canada 30 minutes A coast to coast review of scenic beauty and grandeur, summer resorts and principal cities, which combine to make Canada a country of great charm."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (November 1952): 5.
"Across Canada 30 minutes A coast-to-coast review of scenic beauty and grandeur, summer resorts and principal cities, which combine to make Canada a country of great charm."

[Canadian Pacific advertisement], Film News (January 1953): 16.
"Across Canada 30 minutes A coast-to-coast review of scenic beauty and grandeur, summer resorts and principal cities, which combine to make Canada a country of great charm."

16mm Motion Picture Films - Canadian Travel Film Library (Chicago/New York: Canadian Travel Film Library 1954): 3.
"A coast to coast review of scenic beauty and grandeur, summer resorts and principal cities, which combine to make Canada a country of great charm."