Description |
1 online resource (52 min.) |
Series |
World history in video |
Summary |
A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Regina and visits to Calgary and Edmonton. The royal train crosses the Rockies and makes stops in several small towns. The royal couple boards the HMCS Crusader in Vancouver and watches Native dances in Thunderbird Park, Victoria. They are then welcomed to the United States by President Truman. The remainder of the journey includes visits to Montreal, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia and Portugal Cove, Newfoundland |
Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed May 27, 2015) |
Credits |
Director, David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker, Roger Blais ; producer, Tom Daly ; script, Leslie McFarlane ; camera, Osmond H. Borradaile, Grant McLean ; sound, Joseph Champagne ; editing, Ronald Dick, Victor Jobin, Betty Brunke ; sound editing, Kenneth Heeley-Ray ; narrator, Elwood Glover ; music, Louis Applebaum |
Notes |
In English |
Subject |
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
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Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021
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SUBJECT |
Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022 fast |
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Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021 fast |
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Royal visitors -- Canada
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Visits of state -- Canada
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Royal visitors
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Visits of state
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Canada
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Genre/Form |
documentary film.
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Documentary films
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Documentary films.
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Documentaires.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
National Film Board of Canada, production company.
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