Direction, Colin Low ; camera, John Spotton ; editing, John Spotton ; animation camera, Jim Wilson, Roy Nolan ; commentary, Stanley Jackson ; music, Donald Douglas ; sound editing, Kathleen Shannon ; sound recording, Marcel Carrière, George Croll ; producer, Roman Kroitor, Wolf Koenig ; executive producer, Tom Daly.

Recorded 1961.

The 1870s were years of grave crises in the Canadian West. American whiskey traders were victimizing the Indians. Chief Sitting Bull and his Sioux warriors, fresh from their victory over the US Cavalry, were camped near the Cypress Hills, and the stage was set for tragedy. In 1873, the North-West Mounted Police were established to maintain law and order in the newly acquired North-West Territories. The following summer a courageous expedition trekked 800 miles from Fort Dufferin, south of Winnipeg, to Fort Whoopup, near present-day Lethbridge. The force raised the flag and proclaimed the Queen's law, ensuring that the Canadian West would not become a lawless American-style frontier. This film brings to life some of the legends of the men in the scarlet tunics.

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Honourable Mention - Category: Sociology, 1961 Grand Prize, 1961 Certificate of Merit "for outstanding contribution to local history in Canada", 1964

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