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Helicopter Canada

Helicopter Canada

7,0 /10 (7 Votes)
1966 EN 50 min

Overview

A view from a helicopter of the ten Canadian provinces in 1966. The result is a big, beautiful and engrossing bird's-eye portrait of the country. Nothing here is quite the same as seen before, even Niagara Falls. Canadians will be thrilled by this panoramic view of familiar territory. Made for international distribution for the Canadian centennial.

Release date

01/01/1966

Votes

7

Popularity

0.1

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Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

50 min

Website

www.nfb.ca

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2026-01-07

⭐ 7

This film does pretty much what it says on the can, but it’s Stanley Jackson’s informatively light-hearted commentary that gives this a bit of an edge as we take an aerial travelogue across some of Canada’s almost 10 millions of square kilometres. It shows off the grandeur of a nation so vast it has just about every form of terrain save for jungle, and an huge variety of wildlife strewn across the place. It’s folks have a quirkiness to them, too, and the understated humour from the commentary reminds us of the country’s ability to self-deprecate even when celebrating it’s more significant indu…

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