Collection search - The Inauguration of the Royal York Hotel
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Record information – Brief The Inauguration of the Royal York Hotel
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1929Item number (ISN):273812Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:ASSOCIATED SCREEN NEWS LTD.Accession:1957-0001Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1929Production company:Associated Screen News Ltd.Description:Newsreel scenes showing the opening of the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. Shot list includes: shots of the Royal York Hotel; title with "Completion of the Royal York Hotel, Canada now possesses the finest hotel in the Empire"; His Excellency the Governor General, Viscount Willingdon formally opens the hotel at an inaugural luncheon put on by the Toronto Board of Trade; Mr. E.W. Beatty and the Directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway are given a civic reception by the City of Toronto; numerous shots of men in toppers etc; first page of hotel visitors' book with signatures (presumably those of CPR directors); men are shown alighting from cars; inaugural ball attended by 2800 guests; dinner tables, potted palms, chandeliers; typical 1920s dancing and floor shows; crowds on the dance floor; the band; and more shots of the Royal York Hotel. <10mn>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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