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1938 CANADA: Roosevelt gives pledge to Canada at opening of St Lawrence River bridge
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3:14Now PlayingDate: 29th August 1938
Location: Canada
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Roosevelt Pledges Help to Canada
CANADA: St Lawrence River: Thousand Islands Bridge:
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AIR VIEW (AERIAL) Thousand Islands Bridge / Mackenzie King
BRIDGES Bridge of a thousand Islands over St. Lawrence opened by Roosevelt & MacKenzie King
KING. MacKenzie with Roosevelt opened Bridge of a thousand Islands over the St. Lawrence.
ROOSEVELT Dedicates bridge of a thousand Islands across St. Lawrence & pledges to help Canada; Canada if she is attacked. Receives Honary Degree at Queen's University,Kingston, Ont:
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER Blasting to Make Rds & Bridges to Canada from U.S. opened by Roosevelt & Mackenzie King
Franklin Delano Roosevelt; Personalities - Politicians; Ceremonies - Inauguration; Civil Engineering; United States of America
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