Agency:.Produced by the NFB for the Minister of State for Fitness and Amateur Sport and the XI Commonwealth Games Foundation.

Director, Paul Cowan ; writer, Paul Cowan ; executive producer, Robert Verrall, Jacques Bobet ; cinematography, Georges Dufaux, Pierre Letarte, Tony Westman, Paul Cowan ; sound, Richard Besse, Alain Corneau, Garrell Clark, Ralph Parker, Richard Nichol ; editing, Paul Cowan, Steven Kellar, Jeepy Macadam, Rosemarie Shapley ; sound editing, Bernard Bordeleau ; re-recording, Jean-Pierre Joutel.

Narrator, Michael Kane.

Recorded 1979.

This is the official film of the XI Commonwealth Games held in Edmonton, Canada, in August, 1978. An international sports event occurring every four years, the Games draw hundreds of athletes from the many nations of the Commonwealth. Eight athletes from four continents were selected to illustrate the nature of individual effort. They were filmed in their home countries before the Games and in competition in Edmonton.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

First Prize - Gold Plaque, 1982 Best Film of the Festival, 1980

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