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WWII - 1943, Canadian Governor-General Touring Aircraft, Tanks & Ships; Dionne Quintuplets & Liberty Ships

Reel Number: 221440-33

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1943

Country: USA

Location: bremerton,Fort Lewis,Seattle,Washington

TC Begins: 06:46:16

TC Ends: 06:56:53

Duration: 00:10:37

WWII - 1943, Canadian Governor-General Touring Aircraft, Tanks & Ships; Dionne Quintuplets & Liberty Ships Interior of large Boeing airplane factory & VIPs touring. Earl of Athlone & Princess Alice inspect planes on assembly line, posing in front. Looking at plexiglass nose; walk along central walkway. 06:47:17 Black. 06:47:22 Tanks demonstrated on muddy field. Princess Alice helped out of tank; Earl of Athlone helped off, both in white coveralls & w/ goggles. 06:48:02 Boarding large navy ship. Camouflaged aircraft carrier at dock. MCU shown around by navy officers. Leaving ship to official car w/ flags. 06:48:32 Earl & Alice alongside tanks w/ Gov. Arthur Langlie. Climbing aboard tank & getting inside. Driving off. Standing in front of camouflaged snow-cat or ?? Alice, in uniform, beside amphibious DUKW. Looking at bazooka. 06:50:15 Boarding ship (aircraft carrier?) under construction. Leaving ship & into car. 06:50:43 Scrubbing shoes & coat. Driving away from dock. Posing w/ Gov. Langlie & Adm. Taffinder (?). Looking at newsreel camera. 06:52:08 Walking to row of tanks & other vehicles w/ soldiers at attention. Motorcade & arrival at war plant. Hand shaking w/ Admiral & others. Back into car. Looking at large ship under construction. 06:53:33 Dionne quintuplets walking w/ military & carrying flowers. Boarding aircraft carrier; large crowd in grandstand watching. Descending gangway. Walking past grandstand. standing in row & smashing bottle. Leaving. Liberty ship at dock. Onto platform & bottle breaking for photographers. 06:55:28 Bottle broken & ship slides away. View of walking. 06:55:47 Sign: Yvonne Hull no 13. CU of quintuplets. Smashing bottle & side launch. Governor-General of Canada; Airplane Manufacturing; WW2 Homefront; Publicity; War Effort;

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