Silent Barriers

Original title: The Great Barrier

1937
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1h 23m

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The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

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Richard Arlen

Hickey

Barry MacKay

Steve
(as Barry Mackay)

Antoinette Cellier

Mary Moody

Roy Emerton

Moody

Lilli Palmer

J. Farrell MacDonald

Major Rogers
(as J.Farrell Macdonald)

Reginald Barlow

James Hill - Member of C.P.R. Board

Arthur Loft

William Van Horne - Member of C.P.R. Board

Ben Welden

Joe
(as Ben Weldon)

Jock MacKay

Bates
(as Jock Mackay)

Henry Victor

Bulldog Kelly

Ernest Sefton

Magistrate

Frank McGlynn Sr.

Sir John Macdonald - Prime Minister of Canada

Gilbert Emery

George Stephen - Member of C.P.R. Board

Howard Hickman

Donald Smith - Member of C.P.R. Board
(as Howard C. Hickman)

William Ruhl

Thomas Shaughnessy - Member of C.P.R. Board

William Millman

R.B. Angus - Member of C.P.R. Board
(as Lestrange Millman)

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[Foreword] 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.

The Great Barrier - Silent Barriers

I bought a copy of the "Silent Barriers" 5 years ago. I always thought there was no difference between "The Great Barrier" and "Silent Barriers" but in title only until a week ago I had the privilege of viewing "The Great Barrier". "The Great barrier" is almost 20 minutes longer that the "Silent Barriers" with a lot of important scenes to the plot of the story left in. I found "The Great Barrier" story line to flow whereas the "Silent Barriers" left out a lot of an answered questions. "The Great Barrier" I found was an interesting and entertaining movie for both classic movie viewers and railway buffs. A must see.

Gordon