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1939 - Canada, Royalty: King & Queen Wildly Welcomed On Canadian Tour, The

Reel Number: 250086-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1939

Country: Canada,England,United Kingdom

Location: Montreal,Ontario,Ottawa,Quebec City

TC Begins: 02:08:53

TC Ends: 02:14:19

Duration: 00:05:26

Titles. 02:08:59 Motorcade under bunting draped on building arch to stop in front of hotel, British King George VI & Queen Elizabeth & Queen Mother out, greeted & entering past police. 02:09:12 Seated at long formal banquet table, MCUs. LS standing for toast. MCU King w/ notes in hand reading & speaking (MOS). 02:10:18 Title: Montreal, Que. / Quebec 02:10:21 Tilt down Cathedral, dignitaries; high angle shots of motorcade thru streets in open car. 02:10:36 Motorcade around track in front of grandstand w/ cheering spectators waving. MCU open car. 02:10:46 Title: Ottawa, Ont. / Ontario 02:10:49 Streamlined engine pulling into station w/ awning over VIPs. Waving crowd. King & Queen off train & King in formal uniform reviewing troops in formal uniforms. 02:11:16 King & Queen into carriage, MCU. Carriage leaving from railroad platform. 02:11:34 LS House of Parliament. MS troops parading. King saluting next to Queen wearing tiara; Canadian troops in formal uniforms at attention. Mackenzie King & ?? informal dress. Mounted troops; King reviewing soldiers; spectators. 02:12:06 MCU Queen waving from window. GOOD. 02:12:14 LS parade ground in front of House of Parliament , troops marching. Royalty on platform of construction site, stone laying, & queen at podium speaking (MOS) 02:13:50 Crowd cheering. Handshaking on platform; MCU crowd waving. LS Royalty leaving platform & walking thru crowd. 1939 Canada Tour; British Royalty; Colonialism; Empire; Canada; Pre-WWII; Pre-WW2; NOTE: King & Queen arrived 17May39 in Canada for month long tour.

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