Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone: The Royal Tour of Canada

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

523

Date Released

12 Jun 1939

Date submitted

9 Jun 1939

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Section Title

Leslie Mitchell Conducts the News Pageant of Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Tour of Canada - Vancouver Etc. DESCRIPTION: The King and Queen in Western Canada where they visit the Red Indians and view the wonderful scenery of the Rocky Mountains. In Vancouver they find loyal Canadians from many lands, including Italians and Japanese. SHOTLIST: GV Procession. MS Red Indians. GV King & Queen from car. LS crowd in front of Teepees. CU Red Indian ‘Duck Chief’. GV Red Indians & their children. CU Chief ‘Shot on Both Sides’. GV K&Q meet Indians. 3 GVs of Rocky Mountains. LS K&Q on balcony of Banff Hotel. MS King, Queen & Mr Mackenzie King (x2). GV press in front of K&Q. MS King, Queen & Mackenzie King walks towards & out of frame. GV Canadian National Building in Vancouver. GV banner "The Italian Veterans Welcome King & Queen". MS Sign Japanese Canadians Welcome. GV K&Q in car. MS Japanese in costume lining route. MS K&Q. CU Japanese children. MS Mace Bearer followed by Queen then King. GV Statue of George Vancouver as K&Q into car. LS "Empress of Britain". MS Crew lines deck of Canadian Destroyer. GV Canadian Destroyer. LAS K&Q on bridge. LS Destroyer. GV Crowd in street of Victoria, Vancouver Island. GV K&Q walk through crowd. K&Q go into luncheon with Mr & Mrs Patullo, Premier of Vancouver Island. King presents new Colours to the Navy.

Keywords

Royalty; War veterans; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ships and boats; Environment; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Awards and honours

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

36848

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

243

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