Information
- BFI identifier31313
- Date1937 (Release)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisDrama about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway. (Synopsis)
- Work historyThe following statement appears during the opening credits: 'We acknowledge with thanks the cordial co-operation of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in re-enacting this chapter from the story of the Empire' The following statement regarding the story appears after the opening credits: '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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- Subject
- CreditsDirected by: Milton Rosmer
Presents: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
[Producer]: Günther Stapenhorst
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Title
The Great Barrier (Original)
Hell's Gateway (Alternative)
Silent Barriers (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/835E-F4E0-14F3-4A29-966F-ECategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
LTO5 - Video - MP4 - Viewing
35mm BW Positive - Safety - Combined - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
Digital Betacam - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Novel, "The Great Divide", by Alan Sullivan - SCR-8969
Ephemera: publicity - PBM-31313
Medium pressbooks held.
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2746463
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2746464
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2746465
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2746466
Photograph: film still - Portrait - SPD-2746467
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Work - 31313 - 1937 (Release)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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