Unedited video footage about the federal-provincial negotiations to patriate the constitution. This is a compilation of footage of various events over a period of time. This is not listed in order of appearance on the tapes and not all tapes are shotlisted. OTT3158, Tape 2 of 5, begins with scrums with Bill Bennett and Richard Hatfield in Fredericton, New Brunswick on 1 October 1981. Shown are: exterior shots of the Beaverbrook Hotel; arrival of Bennett; scrum with Bennett; Bennett going into the hotel; arrival of Hatfield; Hatfield refusing to answer reporter’s questions; statement by Hatfield on the economy and the constitution; statement by Bennett; Hatfield and Bennett answering questions; cutaway shots of them; exterior shot of hotel; zoom to window; hotel sign; zoom to sign. Next is footage shot on 2 October 1981 pertaining to the meeting in Regina of Bill Bennett and Allan Blakeney in Regina, Saskatchewan. It shows: various shots of the legislative building; pan of the city; Bennett’s arrival; Bennett being met by Blakeney; photo opportunity with them; and statements by both at a news conference. Tape OTT3159, labelled Part 3 of 5, includes: Footage from 7 October 1981 of a news conference in Toronto with Bill Bennett and Bill Davis about their meeting. Davis discusses his meeting with Bennett, answers questions and then leaves. Footage from 12 October 1981 of meeting between Bill Bennett and René Lévesque. It shows scrum with them; Bennett getting out of and into car; news conference with Bennett; and Sterling Lyon shown with Bennett. Footage from 13 October 1981 of Bill Bennett meeting with Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau at 24 Sussex Drive, showing close-up of RCMP officer; news media waiting; Bennett’s arrival at 24 Sussex; car drives up; Bennett gets out and goes into the house; photo opportunity; wide shot of the house; views of the house, the Peace Tower and the Ottawa River; more views of the house with the Peace Tower in the background; the Trudeau children peeping through the curtains; Trudeau and Bennett making brief statements after the meeting, saying that Bennett will meet with the other provincial premiers; Trudeau stating that he feels that he has made considerable compromise; photo opportunity with them; and Trudeau going back into the residence. Footage from 13 October 1981 of meeting between Bill Bennett and Peter Lougheed in Edmonton, Alberta. It shows: Bennett getting out of car; being met by Lougheed; photo opportunity; both of them going in to news conference; statements by them; Bennett gets into car; wide shot of building; zoom to media and flags. More footage from 13 October 1981 of Bennett arriving at 24 Sussex to meet with Trudeau. He gets out of a car and goes into the residence. Photo opportunity of them standing on steps. Footage from 13 October 1981 of Trudeau news conference. Tape OTT3160, labelled 4 of 5, includes: footage from 13 October 1981 of Bill Bennett and Pierre Elliott Trudeau at 24 Sussex Drive in the evening, showing members of the news media waiting outside, statements by Bennett and Trudeau, standing with the press, Bennett getting into car and driving away; footage from 14 October 1981 of scrum with Jean Chrétien about Bennett's statement that a meeting between Trudeau and the premiers the following week is out of the question, 14 October 1981 comment by Bill Bennett after meeting with other premiers about their not wanting to meet the next week, 15 October 1981 photo opportunity of Prime Minister Trudeau and Richard Hatfield , showing Hatfield's arrival at 24 Sussex Drive, exterior of 24 Sussex Drive, photo-opportunity with Trudeau and shot of interior; footage from 15 October 1981 of Trudeau and Bill Davis in photo opportunity, scrum with Davis in Parliament Buildings after meeting, Davis walking down hall, Davis upstairs with Joe Clark and photo opportunity with Clark.~This compilation continues with footage of: Bill Blakeney and of René Lévesque on 21 October 1981, showing clip of Blakeney, and of Lévesque going into dinner, speech excerpts and news conference, 21 October 1981 news conference by Bill Bennett, departure of Trudeau on 21 October 1981 for Cancun, showing arrival of car, Trudeau getting out of car, handshakes, scrum about his telex, his meeting with the premiers and the Cancun conference, Trudeau getting onto plane, taxiing and takeoff, report by Frank Dalton about Peter Lougheed Bill Bennett and Brian Peckford on 21 October 1981, giving their reactions to Trudeau's telex, Bill Bennett's response on 21 October 1981 to Trudeau's telex, footage from 17 November 1981 of Joe Clark going down stairs in Parliament Buildings and into Trudeau's office, photo opportunity with Joe Clark and Trudeau, scrum with Serge Joyal about the constitutional debate, Clark leaving office and scrum, and footage from 17 November 1981 of Ed Broadbent going down stairs to the Prime Minister's office, photo opportunity with Trudeau and Ed Broadbent, Broadbent leaving and scrum. Tape OTT3161 contains the following: 6 October 1981 footage of John Roberts and Mark MacGuigan going to 10 Downing Street in London, England, scrum with Roberts, Roberts news conference, MacGuigan to the House of Lords and 10 Downing Street, MacGuigan news conference, comments on British unemployment, British passersby on the street comment on the constitution, interviews of British Members of Parliament, views of exterior of Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, guards marching past Buckingham Palace, Quebec House, night scene of British Houses of Parliament; and close-ups of the Times and other newspaper clippings, 13 October 1981, showing news conference with Bill Bennett and Peter Lougheed in Edmonton speaking on the Supreme Court ruling, and 7 October 1981 footage of Bill Bennett and Bill Davis, showing Bennett walking on street, Bennett scrum, Davis walking along hall and going into a room, photo opportunity with Bennett and Davis, Bennett news conference after seeing Davis, and various exterior views of Queen's Park in Toronto.