BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1735@events.nfb.ca DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240507T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Edmonton:20240507T210000 DTSTAMP:20240416T192403Z URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/romance-rails-establishment-brewing/ SUMMARY:Romance of the Rails - NFB Community Cinema DESCRIPTION:Establishment Brewing in Calgary will screen the following NFB films as part of its Romance of the Rails series:\n\nRailroad Town (Don Ha ldane | 1956 | 30 mins)\n\n\n\nThis short documentary is a delightful tr ip back to an era in which railroad was king. The small community of Melvi lle\, Saskatchewan\, is a railroad town. Long-time CBC host Fred Davis vis its with various railway workers and learns about the operation of one of the vital service stations which keep the Canadian National Railway runnin g smoothly.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStation Master (William Davidson | 1954 | 15 mi ns)\n\n\n\n\n\nFinch\, Ontario\, is where the Canadian Pacific railway cro sses the New York Central\, a tiny but important link in Canada's railway network. This film looks at the daily duties of station master Dalton Henr y and his staff.\n\nTrans-Canada Express (Stanley Hawes | 1944 | 9 mins)\n \nThis short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates th e contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film include s a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy The General\, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final spike into the Can adian Pacific Railway Line.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrain 406 (Fergus McDonell | 1958 | 30 mins)\n\nThis short documentary from the Canada Carries On ser ies celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to the war effort. The film includes a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 silent comedy The General\, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona driving the final s pike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRailroaders (Guy L. Coté | 1958 | 22 mins)\n\nThis short documentary from the Canada Carries On series celebrates the contribution of Canada’s railroads to t he war effort. The film includes a sequence from Buster Keaton's 1926 sile nt comedy The General\, as well as a re-enactment of Lord Strathcona drivi ng the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway Line.\n\n \;\n\n\ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n—–\n\nFind more information on upcoming screenings on the Establishment Brewing site here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://events.nfb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04 /Railroad-town.jpg CATEGORIES:Free Event,Screenings LOCATION:The Establishment Brewing Company\, 4407 1 Street SE\, Calgary\, A B\, T2G 2L2\, Canada GEO:51.014291;-114.062347 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=4407 1 Street SE\, Calgary\ , AB\, T2G 2L2\, Canada;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Establishment Brewi ng Company:geo:51.014291,-114.062347 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Edmonton X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Edmonton BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR