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Motion Picture MP2006-39.

Canada (Franklin D. Roosevelt’s trips).

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Date: 1943-1944.
Formats: VHS copy of a 16 mm original (original film was retained by Georgia Southern University).
Sound: No.
Color: Some.
Running Time: 15 min., 34 sec.
Footage: 560 ft.
Produced by: United States Navy.
Copyright Restrictions: Copyright belongs to Georgia Southern University.

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SHOT LIST

    Reel 1
00:23[Black & White] July, 1943: President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s vacation at Georgian Bay. The party based at the Village of Birch Island (Ontario, Canada). The President and his party lived aboard the train while at Birch Island.
01:02 Crossing the Niagara River at Buffalo en route home.
01:16August, 1943: The 1943 Quebec Conference. Several men talk outside the train. The Hotel Chateau Frontenac is shown.
01:59The Citadel, as seen from Du fern Terrace. Lower Quebec is seen with the St. Lawrence River in the background.
02:38The Kent House and Montmorency Falls near Quebec.
03:57The Village and Cathedral of St. Ann de Beaupre (famous shrine).
04:45 [Color] September, 1944: The 1944 Quebec Conference. The President and Prime Minister arrive in Quebec. There are honors for the President on his arrival at the Citadel. Roosevelt and Churchill talk at the Citadel.
06:00Mrs. Roosevelt, Princess Alice, and Mrs. Churchill talk at the Citadel. Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Chiefs of Staff talk. Various parts of Quebec are shown.
07:42The degree L.L.D. is conferred upon the President and Prime Minister by McGill University of Montreal. The President and Prime Minister MacKenzie King hold a joint press conference.
08:52The St. Lawrence River at sunset. A train is surrounded by people including mounted riders. Many people enter a large castle-like building. They visit a World War I memorial.
12:47People lounge in a garden area.

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