Twenty television news items compiled into Can 130. The 10 positive silent items are as follows: Massey Leaves, 28 June 1957. Alligator Pets, placelined Oakville, 21 November 1962. Peter Strickland keeps 36 alligators as pets in Oakville. Footage shows Strickland handling his alligators. <43s> Canada High Commissioner, placelined New Delhi, India, 28 June 1957. The new Canadian High Commissioner is welcomed in New Delhi. A presidential mounted bodyguard leads the High Commissioner's car towards Rashrapati Bhawan. Chester Ronning is received by the Military Secretary to the President of India. The footage also shows: exterior of the President’s House; Ronning reviewing Honour Guard; Ronning escorted into President's House; President Prasad entering hall and Ronning presenting credentials to Prasad. <47s> Visnews report entitled Queen Mother Visit, placelined Cambridge, England, 10 June 1960. The Queen Mother opens Trinity College at Cambridge University. The footage shows: exterior of Trinity College; Queen Mother with Lord Adrian; Queen Mother makes speech; Queen Mother walks through Trinity Great Court; and Queen Mother walks to rowing area. <53s> Bell-X 14, placelined Buffalo, New York, 28 June 1957. This footage, provided by Bell Aircraft Corporation, shows the new X-14 jet, able to hover like a helicopter and perform vertical take off and landing. The X-14 takes off from runway in conventional manner, hovers in midair, slowly turns around, moves forward and drops down lightly on tarmac. <47s> United Press Movietone report entitled Women’s Golf, placelined New York, 28 June 1957, about the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Tournament. The footage shows: club house; Marlene Bauer Hagge tees off; Patty Berg tees off; Louise Suggs; Marlene Stewart Streit tees off; Betsy Rawls tees off; crowd; Miffi Smith tees off; viewing gallery; Barbara McIntire sinks 20-foot putt; Kathy Cornelius' ball hits pin; and Cornelius and Berg walking. <1mn 5s> Vanier Parliament, placelined Ottawa, 9 June 1960. Governor General Georges Vanier and Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies were in Ottawa today for the ratification of the Canadian-Australian trade agreement. The footage shows: Honour Guard; Prime Minister John Diefenbaker watching with two women; Vanier taking the salute as the Honour Guard presents arms; and Vanier inspecting troops. <46s> Pearkes Soest, placelined Germany. Philip Roundup, placelined Toronto, 10 June 1960. Prince Philip arrives at the University of Toronto to preside over a private meeting of the Second Commonwealth Study Conference Council made up of Canadian industrialists and labour leaders. The footage shows: arrival of car carrying Prince Philip; Philip gets out and is greeted by Professor Claude Bissell, President of the University of Toronto; the Prince walks about on the university campus; he stops to talk with students; Prince Philip at Malton Airport; Prince Philip says goodbye to Governor General Vincent Massey and Ontario Lieutenant Governor Keiller McKay. <2mn 2s> Sable Ponies, aka Sable Island, placelined Sable Island, Nova Scotia, 8 June 1960. The footage shows supplies being delivered to people manning lighthouses, a weather station and a radio station on Sable Island, two of the ponies used to haul supply delivery cart, and shots of ponies running about on island <5mn 54s> The three items with positive optical sound are as follows: United Press Movietone report entitled Mongoose, placelined Duluth, Minnesota, 21 November 1962. Mister Magoo, an Indian mongoose, is being kept in a Duluth zoo. The footage shows the mongoose playing in his cage. Zoo director Lloyd Hackl says the government is trying to get rid of mongooses because they breed quickly, but this one, a male, is the only mongoose, so it cannot breed. <57s> Hurricane Cameron, placelined Louisiana, circa 1960. It shows aerial views of the destruction caused by the hurricane, including damaged houses and washed-out roads. ~Pearson Award, placelined Oslo, Norway, 11 December 1957. Lester Pearson, Canada's former Minister for External Affairs, makes his acceptance speech after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. He says he may or may not have contributed to bettering international relations but that it a laudable aim for any man to have. He looks forward to the attainment of Ibsen's Third Empire and The Empire Of Peace. <1mn 37s> The four positive magnetic stripe stories are as follows: Horse Auction, placelined Toronto, 21 November 1962. The Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) grounds is host to a horse auction. The auctioneer can be heard as horses are auctioned off. <41s> Housing Squeeze, placelined Toronto, 22 April 1968. Toronto lawyer S.B. Mclaughlin addresses the Toronto Metropolitan Home Builders Association. McLaughlin says that the Metropolitan housing shortage has been deliberately caused by the six Metropolitan Toronto to avoid the education costs arising from more children within their borders. <40s> Queen’s Park Reaction, placelined Toronto, 23 April 1968. Ontario Premier John Robarts, Ontario Liberal Party leader Robert Nixon and Macdonald react to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s election call. CBC reporter Bill Casey does a standup report. <47s> Metro Council, placelined Toronto, 23 April 1968. Toronto’s Metro Council discusses budget increases. The footage shows the council deliberations shot from above and a reporter in the press gallery. The negative silent item is Pearkes Soest, placelined Soest West Germany, 28 June 1957.Canada's newly-appointed Minister of Defence George Pearkes pays a flying visit to Canada's NATO bridge group at Soest, West Germany. The footage shows: pan over administration buildings at CFE Soest; Pearkes gets out of car; sign reading "HQ Canadian Base Unit Europe"; Pearkes and officers walk to parade ground; and Pearkes reviews troops on parade square. <1mn 3s> The final two items are A and B rolls, as follows: Play-a-go-go, placelined Toronto, 23 April 1968. Actors put on a play inside a GO train, a Toronto-area commuter train. The footage shows a GO train pulling into a station, people boarding and actors reciting lines on the train. Toronto Streeter, placelined Toronto, 23 April 1968. Various passersby answer questions about a politician. The footage shows medium close-ups of their faces.