Unedited footage shot on the Canadian Pacific passenger liner Empress of Canada. There are multiple re-takes of some scenes. The silent footage numbered 7301-8519, roll 1 of 2, shows: people dancing, eating and watching musical performances, visiting a gift shop, more scenes of passengers dancing, crew serving food and drink, a woman singing, a close-up of a champagne bottle being opened and poured. and passengers drinking. <22mn> Roll 2 of 2, also numbered 7301-8519, shows ship sailing with shoreline in background, scenes of water and ship at night (too dark to see much), crew working with navigation charts, passengers at night waving from deck, lights on the ship at night, tugboat, ship sailing toward camera, close-up of crew, more shots of the side of the ship, passengers going on board, a car and other cargo being hoisted on board, crew members going on board, people standing and seated on deck, more shots of people going on board and of ship sailing, tugboats towing ship, crowds on deck, crowd on deck throwing streamers down to people standing on dock below, shot of tugboat named Felicia, from Montreal, more shots of ship sailing on river, and lights of the ship as it sails at night. <21mn> 7301-8507, Roll 1 of 3, consists of colour footage of: street scenes in London, England. <6mn 23s> Roll 2 of 3 on 7301-8507 shows: people getting out of cars, taxis and airport buses (the cars have 1962 Quebec plates), luggage, a terminal (probably Dorval Airport in Montreal), a Canadian Pacific passenger plane on the tarmac, crew loading baggage onto the plane, night scenes in a city (probably Montreal), neon lights at night, including signs for restaurant and bars such as the De Milo Room, Astor, movie theatre marquees for the Palace theatre and Loew's theatre, marquee signs for the films Spiral Road and HMS Defiant, neon sign for Gare Windsor Station, with the Canadian Pacific beaver logo on top, daytime scene of passengers seated on the deck of a ship, a crew member placing a Canadian Pacific blanket on the legs of a passenger, close-up of a crew member and more scenes of passengers on deck. A slate which states "Empress", which suggests this is the Empress of Canada. <8mn 42s> Roll 3 of 3 from 7301-8507 shows a man playing the violin for passengers in a shipboard lounge, passengers being served drinks in the lounge, an accordion player, passengers swimming in pool; passengers relaxing in cabins; man reading to a child in cabin as a woman looks on, and close-up of a thermostat in one of the cabins. <11mn> Reel 7301-8508 contains more shots aboard the Empress of Canada, mostly showing passengers in their cabins, including a woman brushing her hair, a man and a boy looking out of a porthole, people talking, crew members bringing drinks, close-up of drinks being served, a man being served tea, more scenes of passengers drinking, passengers reading, close-up of a shower, close-up of xylophone being played, a man fixing his tie and a woman playing with her hair, a boy in a uniform playing a xylophone for two other children, a woman being served breakfast in bed, close-up of buttons to summon a stewardess or a steward, passengers choosing books from a bookshelf, passengers going to a reception desk, a man using a phone in a booth off the lobby, people in a theatre, people being served food while seated on deck chairs, more close-ups of food and scenes of people at a bar. <25mn> 7301-8509, Roll 1 of 2, shows people going on board a ship, people on deck throwing streamers down to people below, crew, smokestack of ship, ship leaving from the dock, Montreal skyline, dock with sign which reads Quai King Edward, ship's radar equipment atop ship, crew member with navigation instrument, crew members at work as ship leaves, crew member lowering flag, more scenes of people on deck, close-up of life preserver bearing the name Empress of Canada, close-up of lifeboats on side of ship, passengers playing shuffleboard, more scenes of people on deck, looking at shoreline, people looking at sunset, people on deck at night, more daytime scenes of the ship leaving city and ship going under bridge. <21mn> Roll 2 of 2, of 7301-8509, shows: man unloading luggage from taxi (taxi has plate reading Auto Taxi Montreal 1962), close-ups of luggage, scenes of Canadian Pacific trains travelling by night and day, Canadian Pacific passenger plane on tarmac, another scene of Canadian Pacific plane (on video reference copy Canadian Pacific is printed backwards), Canadian Pacific plane coming in for landing, crew unloading luggage from plane (one crew member is wearing overalls with the word Bristol printed on the back), sign reading Canadian Pacific Sheds 8 and 10 Liverpool Empress of Canada, sign over entrance reads "drive slowly" and cars driving in. <8mn 13s> Roll 1 of 2, 7301-8510, shows people on dance floor aboard the Empress of Canada. Film crew members are visible in some scenes. <3mn 48s>
