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29/05/1948 Documentary, Western 0h 18m
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Overview

The pageantry of Calgary's colorful celebration of its past, culminating with its world famous rodeo, is chronicled.

  1. Saul Elkins

    Director

  2. Herman Boxer

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Art Gilmore

    Narrator (voice)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-07-13
This is quite a lively newsreel-style report on the festival in Calgary that celebrates just about everything to do with it’s pioneering provenance. With the town draped in Union Jacks and bunting, it harks back to the days when people travelled by horse-drawn carriage and, indeed, for the rest of it’s twenty minutes illustrates just how important the horse was to this community in days gone by. There are flapjacks with bacon and floats galore parading down the main Street before the focus switches to the town’s Victoria Park. That’s where the racetrack sees the chuck wagons racing aro...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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