| The Romance of Transportation in Canada | |
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 Title frame | |
| Directed by | Colin Low |
| Written by | Guy Glover |
| Produced by | Tom Daly |
| Narrated by | Guy Glover |
| Cinematography | Lyle Enright |
| Edited by | Kenneth Heeley-Ray (sound) |
| Music by | Eldon Rathburn |
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| Distributed by | National Film Board of Canada |
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Running time | 11 minutes, 20 seconds |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The Romance of Transportation in Canada is a 1952 animated short film made by the National Film Board of Canada.[1] Part of the postwar Canada Carries On series, it offers a humorous account of the history of transportation in Canada. The film was directed by Colin Low and produced by Tom Daly.
The Romance of Transportation in Canada featured animation by Wolf Koenig and Robert Verrall and was narrated by Guy Glover. Eldon Rathburn composed the film score. It was the first NFB animated film to be nominated abroad,[2] and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award in animation.[3]
- ^ "The Romance of Transportation in Canada". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
- ^ "Canadian films honoured abroad." External Affairs 5, No. 9, September 1953, pp. 278–281.
- ^ Lenburg 2006, p. 216.