Agency - English program:.Animation, Children, Interactive Program - East. Agency:.Produced by the NFB with the assistance of Canada Information Office - Bureau d'information du Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Pêches et Océans Canada, Canada Post Corporation - Société canadienne des postes, Canadian Museum of Civilization - Musée canadien des civilisations, Canadian War Museum - Musée canadien de la guerre, Parks Canada - Parcs Canada, Natural Resources Canada - Ressources naturelles Canada, Industry Canada - Industrie Canada, Environment Canada - Environnement Canada, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada, and Royal Canadian Geographical Society - Société Géographie Royale du Canada.

Director, Michel Barbeau ; researcher, Michel Barbeau ; editor, Éric Ruel ; writer, Daniel Frenette ; sound editor, André Chaput ; cinematographer, Ernest McNabb ; advisor, Colin Low ; producer, Mark Zannis ; animation, Éric Clément, Jocelyn Hudon ; voice recording, Geoffrey Mitchell, Patrick Viegas ; foley artist, Stéphane Cadotte ; re-recording, Geoffrey Mitchell ; original music, Luc Préfontaine ; music archives research, Andres Norambuena ; archival film research, Sylvia Mezei, Marc Pitre ; educational consultant, Marie-Noëlle Soumeillant, Roger Sauvageau ; communication consultant, Monique Caron-Bouchard ; producer, Pierre Lapointe ; executive producer, David Verrall.

Narrator, Thor Bishopric.

Recorded 2000.

Canada possesses the greatest supply of fresh and salt water on the planet. This video examines the country's waterways, reserves and networks, and looks at the important role water has played in the past and present. Water shows how this precious resource has been both a boon and a challenge. Early explorers trying to locate the Northwest Passage to Asia ended up marooned and shipwrecked on the treacherous ice floes of the Canadian Arctic. Yet coastal waters have been treasured the world over for their bountiful fish stocks. And inland, the country's intricate systems of rivers and lakes have served as navigational arteries, sources of energy and playgrounds for leisure. TRANSIT features five videos that examine Canada's rich and diverse geography. Each film in the series combines spectacular cinematography and lively animation, using the Earth's basic elements as themes: Air explores climate; Water showcases the country's network of rivers, lakes and oceans; Land looks at the vast territory that makes Canada the second largest country in the world; Fire documents old and new sources of energy; plus Life, which develops the themes of people, fauna and flora.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).