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The Prince of Wales in Canada : [incomplete]

Item number (ISN):

302951

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1919/1920 ?

Item number (ISN):

302951

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: NON CBC PRODUCTIONS

Accession:

1999-0036

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 2

Production date:

1919/1920 ?

Release date:

1919/1920 ?

Production company:

Pathescope of Canada Limited

Description:

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Part of a film about the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada in 1919. It shows: the Prince arriving in Halifax, Nova Scotia and leaving ship; intertitle reads "Historic Halifax Greets the Prince"; the Prince inspecting troops; intertitle states that the Prince visits Parliament Buildings (but these are not shown); Prince in car; the Quebec Bridge; the Prince arriving at Government House Station in Rosedale; the Prince on the grounds of Queen's Park in Toronto; Prince travelling through main gate of the Canadian National Exhibition; the Prince at the Administration Building; inspecting troops and declaring the CNE open; on platform with other dignitaries (among the group of people on the platform is cameraman Frank O'Byrne with his camera on a tripod); Prince addressing crowd of war veterans at the CNE grandstand; Prince walking along dock with officials at the Royal Canadian Yacht Club at Toronto Island; Prince presenting Prince of Wales Cup to Norman Gooderham; Prince and crowds on the grounds at Government House; guests shake the Prince's hand; another receiving line at Ottawa; Prince laying cornerstone of the Victory Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa; Prime Minister Robert Borden and other dignitaries look on; shell casings (part of a monument?) visible on platform; camera visible in crowd; ceremonial raising of the First Victory Loan Honour Flag; visit of the Prince to Montreal; visit of the Prince to Winnipeg; crowds cheer Prince; Prince opening Red Cross Hospital at Tuxedo and inspects soldiers at Manitoba Military Hospital. The reel ends with a graphic and the intertitle "Let us win the Prince of Wales flag".

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. For similar footage see also the title BRITAIN'S FUTURE KING, IDC ISN 47033.
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V1 9910-0028

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