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Installation Ceremonies : The Honourable Roland Michener Q.C., M.A., B.C.L., as Governor General of Canada

Item number (ISN):

11615

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1967-04-17

Item number (ISN):

11615

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: VIDEOTAPE RECYCLING

Accession:

1985-0642

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1967-04-17

Release date:

1967-04-17

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

narrator, Stanley Burke

Description:

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The inauguration of Canada's 20th Governor General and the third Canadian to hold the office, the Honourable Roland Michener, is covered in this program narrated by Stanley Burke. Commentary on Michener's background as a Rhodes scholar, lawyer and politician and on the accomplishments of his wife, Dr. Norah Michener, is included in the narrative in addition to a description of proceedings, accompanies footage of the April 17, 1967 installation ceremony on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Ontario.~Highlights include: a general salute by the 2nd Battalion of The Canadian Guards, signaling the arrival of the governor general designate; the procession into the Senate chamber led by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Major Charles Lamoureaux; former Prime Ministers Louis St. Laurent and John G. Diefenbaker; Olive Diefenbaker; and Liberal cabinet minister, J.W. Pickersgill, in the Senate chamber; a trumpet fanfare heralding the formal entrance of Michener, who bows before Chief Justice Taschereau; Secretary to the Governor-General, Esmond Butler reading the commission by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II; Mr. Justice Cartwright administering the three oaths; Registrar General John D. Turner presenting the Great Seal of Canada to Michener; the reading of the Proclamation by the Governor General; and the 21-gun salute completing the investiture of His Excellency, Governor General of Canada Roland Michener.~Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson addresses the new Governor General, noting that 1967 is also Canada's centennial year. The reply by His Excellency includes a tribute to the former Governor General, the Right Honourable Vincent Massey. Outside, the royal salute is repeated; His Excellency inspects the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Guards accompanied by "Golden Spurs" played by the band of the regiment, and the new Governor General of Canada is escorted from Parliament Hill in a horse-drawn carriage, accompanied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. (Portions of the ceremony are in French). <60mn>

Subjects:

CANADA~GOVERNORS GENERAL~INVESTITURE~PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS ~RITES & CEREMONIES~ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE~BURKE, STANLEY~BUTLER, ESMOND UNWIN~CARTWRIGHT, JOHN ROBERT~DIEFENBAKER, JOHN G.~LAMOUREUX, CHARLES ROCH~MICHENER, NORAH~MICHENER, ROLAND~PEARSON, LESTER B.~PICKERSGILL, J.W.~SAINT-LAURENT, LOUIS~TASCHEREAU, ROBERT~TURNER, JOHN

Language:

English

Original number:

61-2-1700-8000

Notes:

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1. This is a CBC TV Features Presentation.~2. The donor's list indicates the title as "Governor General Investiture R. Mitchener", although the above title appears on screen.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

10458

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8601-0112

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

737658

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

11615.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9805-0072

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

737659

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

11615.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9805-0072

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1180661

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9805-0072.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9805-0072

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1180662

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4_9805-0072.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V4 9805-0072

Status:

REF
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8601-0112

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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