Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman


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0h 09m 1953 HD

Watch paul tomkowicz: street railway switchman Soap2Day. In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to the life he knew in Poland, marvelling at the freedom Canadians enjoy. In winter the rail-switches on streetcar tracks in Winnipeg froze and jammed with freezing mud and snow. Keeping them clean, whatever the weather, was the job of the switchman.

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