"The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation" 25 April 1962 Drama, Western, Family 69 mins
The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left eastern Canada to stake their future in the Prairies.
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Frances Hyland as Liza
James B. Douglas as Dan (as James Douglas)
Lester Nixon as Bob MacPherson
Mary Savidge as Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
William Fruet as Colin (as William Fruete)
Don Francks as Russel
Ernest Huber as Man in boxcar
William Weintraub as Narrator
Don Haldane Director
Ron Alexander Sound
Peter Jones Producer
Clarke Da Prato Sound
M. Charles Cohen Writer
Reginald H. Morris Director of Photography
Kirk Jones Editor
Eldon Rathburn Music
Un autre pays Trailer
Canada 25 April 1962
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