The epic story of the opening of the Canadian West and the drought that brought the Depression in the thirties. This is the saga of a family who left eastern Canada to stake their future in the Prairies.


The National Film Board's First Feature Length Presentation
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Frances Hyland
Liza

James B. Douglas
Dan (as James Douglas)
LN
Lester Nixon
Bob MacPherson
MS
Mary Savidge
Ada MacPherson (as Mary Savage)

William Fruet
Colin (as William Fruete)

Don Francks
Russel
EH
Ernest Huber
Man in boxcar
WW
William Weintraub
Narrator