Rocky Mountain Express

While the glistening Hudson steam locomotive 2816 journeys more than 3,000 miles across gorgeous mountain scenery in the Canadian Rockies in this educational, beautifully photographed, 46-minute IMAX 2011 documentary that consists of many fascinating archival photographs, narrator Michael Hanrahan discusses the history of the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway, which began construction in 1881 with more than 10,000 mostly Chinese workers who endured horrific hardships and perilous working conditions.
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