News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Royal Tour of Canada
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- News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Canada - Arrival in Canada. DESCRIPTION: The King and Queen in Quebec. SHOTLIST: LS & GVs ‘Empress of Australia’ steams up St Lawrence. GV crowds on hillside. LAS Queen leans over ships rail. TS & MS crowds. GV King & Queen from ship greeted by Mr Mackenzie King (in court dress). GV party walk to dais. LS King & Queen on dais. CU King shaking hands. MS King & Queen. CU Queen. Sequence: King inspects Guard of Honour (French Canadian 22nd Regiment). GV Legislative Building in Quebec. GV King from car. GV interior Legislative Building (very dark). GV K&Q. TS K&Q seated on thrones. MS K&Q. GV Royal cars arrival at Chateau Frontenac (x2). LS K&Q enter. GV interior Royal Toast at Luncheon. MS Queen & Lt Governor of Quebec. MS King (with cigarette in his hand) seated next to Mr Mackenzie King. CU Mackenzie King begins speech of welcome. GV guests. GV King making speech (SOF). GV crowd. MS K&Q on the Heights of Abraham. Pan across large crowd to K&Q as school children sing ‘Canada’. MS K&Q. GV K&Q in open car.
- Keywords
- Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ships and boats; Music and dance; Environment; Ceremonies; Military
- Locations
- Canada; St Lawrence River
- Card file number
- 36796
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Commentator
- Thomas Woodroffe
- Length of story (in feet)
- 257
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'News and Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Leslie Mitchell. Eye-witness commentary by Thomas Woodrooffe: Royal Tour of Canada', British Movietone News Issue No. 520A, 25 May 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/9990 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)