Item F1984:11/038.01 - Royal visit

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Royal visit

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Lew Parry Film Productions

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F1984:11/038.01

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  • 1951 (Creation)

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1 film reel (00:24:00 ; 878 ft) : release print no. 1, colour, sound ; 16 mm and additional film elements

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The item is a release print of a documentary film made in 1951. The film shows Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh visiting Vancouver and Vancouver Island during their 1951 Canadian tour. Footage includes: inspection of RCAF honour guard outside CNR station, greeting by Mayor Fred Hume and the Princess's speech at Vancouver City Hall, appearance at Brockton Point Oval, visit to Shaughnessy Hospital and services at Christ Church Cathedral, crowds on West Vancouver waterfront and HMCS Crusader. In Victoria: parade with the Canadian Scottish Regiment and the Royal Canadian Artillery, Premier Byron Johnson greets the Princess at the Legislative Buildings, honour guard inspection and artillery salute, Cowichan and Alberni Indian dance performance at Thunderbird Park. Return to Vancouver harbour; motorcade up Kingsway Avenue, Burnaby Municipal Hall, Royal Train arrives at New Westminster, departure. There are also good (brief) shots of Kitsilano Boy's Band, Junior Forest Wardens, Major J.S. Matthews, Very Rev. Cecil Swanson (dean of Christ Church), and BC Provincial Police on motorcycles with sidecars.

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A digital copy is available. Please contact staff for further information.
A VHS reference copy is available for this item, V1986:41/001.02
U-Matic video master, V1986:41/001.01
Betacam SP video sub-master, V1986:41/001.03

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Copyright British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority.

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Shot list in file F1984:11/038.

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References: Listed in Duffy, "Camera West", entry #R/37.

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Accession number(s): F1984:11

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Previously described as AAAA2596

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producing agency/company: Lew Parry Film Productions; photography: Jack McCallum; photography: Robert Reid; photography: Robert Elliott; sound: Dave Pomeroy; editor: Homer Powell; art direction: Marguerite Roozeboom; narrator: Gordon Inglis; sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry

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F1984:11/038.02 - release print no. 2 (duplicate)
F1984:11/038.03 - release print (duplicate)

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