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KAGETSU, Eikichi

1977-0215

Film

3 of 3

1936-07-08

A Japanese-Canadian delegation is followed from Vancouver to France and then to England where they are welcomed by Stanley Baldwin.~Footage shows the delegation in Canada boarding trains, including shots of Revelstoke and Field, British Columbia stations; the Fraser River; the Rockies; the Prairies; Toronto, Niagara, and Ottawa. At Montreal the delegation boards the SS Montcalm to Flushing, the Netherlands from where they travel to the Vimy Memorial, Lille, and to Armentières station in France. Included are shots of Edward VIII and President Lebrun visiting the trenches where Canadians fell, and laying wreaths.

Silent with English intertitles

Libre

V1 8603-0038

MSS 20146

Under copyright.

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