Archival footage acquired for research and/or use in the CBC television series THE DAYS BEFORE YESTERDAY.~Reel 1~United Nations soldiers look at rotation lists posted, staff duffle bags, troop inspection, decoration of officer with medal, Drive By of military vehicles with machine guns, shot of U.N. flag. (Silent).~Scratched print of LEFT OF THE LINE a Ministry of Information film "depicting Canadian and British armies fighting from the Beaches to Brussles". Produced by the British and Canadian Army Film Units. Scenes of London 1944, troop movement, truck convoys, seaside, ships moving into canal, all kinds of craft [for evacuation?] men studying maps, photos of invasion area, shots of troops boarding and artillery. Attack on Hitler's fortress to the Ghent, night fights, dropping parachutists, ships channel battle footage, beach landing, welcome by people of Normandy for liberation army. Battle to Caen. (Silent).~Shots of monument - "Here on the 6th of June, 1944 Europe was Liberated by the Heroism of the Allied Forces"; road signs in France, including Avenues des Canadiens. Man with movie camera talks to camera (Silent). Still of same man as young army newsreel camera man. Cemetery in France. [LOAS] assassias building? Sign in French commemorating 6 June 1944. Monument to Royal Winnipeg Riffles. Cinematographer and A.G. Douglas of CBC. (Silent).~[Egypt] - "Beloved Nasser" signs and "Britain Go to Hell" sign [UN] troops in tent camp. (Silent).~Queen Elizabeth II's coronation 1953. (Silent). Shots of huge crowds in street, parading officers, aerobatic team in formation flying, decorations on Canadian Pacific Hotel exterior. RCMP parade carriages, coaches etc. Brief shots of Louis St. Laurent. Shots of London sights. (Silent).~Louis St. Laurent arrives at [Ottawa airforce base]. Lester Pearson and Jack Pickersgill with son meet him. St. Laurent emerges from plane in Washington D.C., shakes hands with Richard Nixon. Office of President Eisenhower, where St. Laurent and Pearson pose with American politicians [1956]. (Silent)~Reel 2~Larry Henderson gives a brief report from Baghdad, that King Saud's visit to Iraq's capital has stirred widespread speculation among foreign embassies.~Charles Lynch in Western Canada reports on the election campaigns of the various parties. Alberta Legislature shown, as well as clips of St. Laurent in Winnipeg, CCF leader Solon Low, John Diefenbaker and M.J. Coldwell on campaign trail, 1957.~James Minifie reports from Bay Street, Toronto, about St. Laurent's campaign in Quebec East. Issues covered include: baby bonus, hospital insurance plan, unity of Canada and Canada's role in expanding Commonwealth. Diefenbaker's and Coldwell's campaign also covered, 1957.~Repeat of item #1.~Repeat of item #2.~Repeat of item #3.~[Korean War] footage - Troops make beach landing, flame throwers burning village, blowing up tower, signing of armistice. (Silent)~Ships on Suez Canal. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser signs agreement. Shots of men arriving at 10 Downing Street. Conference table with leaders. Footage of tanks, casulaties, parachutists, landing of armed forces, peasants in rubble, citizens arrested in streets, cache of weapons found, UN headquarters mobilization of UN troops, first aid train with wounded, pan of coastal Arab city. (Silent).~<1h 28mn>
