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Burrard Inlet (B.C.) Steam locomotives
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[British Columbia Indians, ca. 1941]

Amateur film. Miscellaneous footage taken during the time that Miss Gerry worked as a nurse for the federal Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs. Includes footage of Indian reserves and villages, celebrations and school children; a First Communion procession at St. Paul's Indian Catholic Church in North Vancouver; hospital and clinic scenes; residential schools and Coqualeetza Indian School and Hospital; Cariboo highway and scenery; Williams Lake Stampede; etc. Also includes OUR CARIBOO NEIGHBORS, a discrete two-reel film that depicts a 1941 automobile journey to visit Indian reserves and missions in the Cariboo. For a detailed content summary of OUR CARIBOO NEIGHBORS, see item description AAAA5215.

Visit of His Majesty King George VI and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth to Vancouver and New Westminster -- May 1939

Special event coverage. "Good long [medium shot of] Royal Hudson Locomotive, 2850, from side. Good [close-up] front of 2850 with scarlet-jacketed, bearskinned guards on either side. Pipe band marching down street lined with people, followed by veterans with red arm bands. 'Inspection of Guard of Honour at Pier C and Procession up Burrard Street through the Welcome Arch.' The inspection is missing, but there are good shots from various angles of the royal car passing through the Welcome Arch. Royal couple en route to and arriving at City Hall, Vancouver, through crowds of people with flags, etc. King and Queen leave City Hall to tumultuous goodbye from crowds. Scenes in Vancouver Harbour as the King and Queen depart for Victoria aboard the CPR ferry 'Princess Marguerite'. The harbour is thronged with small boats waiting for them to pass. Three biplanes fly overhead, low over the Lion's Gate Bridge. The 'Princess Marguerite' sails out under the bridge. King and Queen drive through mobs of people in New Westminster. Veterans pipe band. Children dressed up in May Day costumes are waiting in Queen's Park. The royal couple arrive to a tumultuous welcome. A huge maypole display. Kids perform calisthenics. Crowds at Pattullo Bridge. The King and Queen arrive alongside the CN train and reviewing stand. King and Queen leave car, board train and train leaves, everyone waving frantically." (Colin Browne)