Muskeg special
Description
Muskeg Special was one of the first 'official' Winnipeg Film Group productions back in 1979 when a group of intrepid independents ventured North with a 16mm Arriflex and the curiosity to discover what life was like in small communities along the Hudson Bay Rail line. That summer also marked the 50th Anniversary of completion of the rail line from The Pas to Churchill (approximately 510 miles) providing a reference point for the journey. For complicated reasons, the work print was eventually consigned to storage. In 2006, director Gregory Zbitnew decided to return to Winnipeg, after living in Vancouver for 20 years, determined to find a way to finally make a movie from the original footage. With the assistance of several agencies and many helpful individuals the film has been digital restored, and subsequently edited into a feature-length documentary.
Runtime
115 minutes
Subjects
Contributor
Geography
Genre
Database
Alexander Street
Direct Link
Similar Films
Shaping America. Looking backward, looking forward. Lesson 26
A trip on the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton railroad
Natural gas and the nest stage for freight
Railroads that tamed the West
Black inventors. Black men and iron horses
The men who built America. A new war begins
Railroad classics
Seven wonders of the industrial world. The line
Comboio de sal e açúcar. The train of salt and sugar
Necessity. Climate justice and the thin green line
Marketplace Africa. March 10, 2017. [318]
Robert R. Young
New trains for old
Crash in the dark. The Severn Tunnel train crash
Strong railroads reflecting U.S. economic growth