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CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: VANCOUVER

1977-0146

Sound

2 of 2

1943-08-25

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Comments by an unidentified announcer on Parliament Hill, about the visit of President Roosevelt, description of Parliament Hill; playing of the carillon; the noon gun. Followed by introductory speech by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, in French and in English, about President Roosevelt, his contribution to the war effort, as a friend of Canadians; Quebec conference. Followed by a speech outside the Peace Tower by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in French and in English, about war, united Allied strength, victories in Sicily, victory against Japanese; Quebec conference, Canadian hospitality; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, friendship with Prime Minister King, common purposes of the United States and Canada; Nazis and Japanese, inhuman acts; post-war world, longing for a better world, freedom from fear. Conclusion in French by Thomas Vien, Speaker of the Senate. <1h>

English / Français

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A1 2019-02-0002

GAD 0FD547

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