The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway

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The National Dream, also known as The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway, was a 1974 Canadian television docudrama miniseries based on Pierre Berton's 1970 book of the same name, plus Berton's 1971 follow-up book The Last Spike.read more

The National Dream, also known as The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway, was a 1974 Canadian television docudrama miniseries based on Pierre Berton's 1970 book of the same name, plus Berton's 1971 follow-up book The Last Spike. The television adaptation was written by William Whitehead and Timothy Findley. Berton is listed as a consultant on the credits.

Original Release

03/03/1974

Cast

(see additional cast & crew)
# Title Air Date
1 The Great Lone Land Sunday, 03 March 1974
2 The Pacific Scandal Sunday, 10 March 1974
3 The Horrid B.C. Business
4 The Great Debate
5 The Railway General
6 The Sea of Mountains
7 The Desperate Days
8 The Last Spike Sunday, 28 April 1974

Directors

Eric Till, James Murray

Writers

William Whitehead, Pierre Berton, Timothy Findley

Cast

Producers

Editors

Arla Saare, Don Haig

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