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Chuckwagon

Name: Chuckwagon
Duration: 9 min

Robert Barclay

1964 | 9 min

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This short documentary offers a ringside view of the chuckwagon race, star attraction of the world-famous Calgary Stampede. Once ponderous Percheron and Clydesdale draught thundered around the course. Now they are racers, and it takes a firm hand to guide such horsepower.

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Credits

director

Robert Barclay
script

Robert Barclay
photography

Robert Brooks

Jack Long
sound

James Robinson
narrator

John Drainie
music

Boris Mischenko
producer

Lionel Chetwynd

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