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.
Bob MacPherson
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)
Man in boxcar
Narrator
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.
1962-04-25
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The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
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