1939 ROYAL: King and Queen visit Ottawa

Date: 2nd June 1939

Location: OTTAWA, CANADA

Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)

SLATE INFORMATION: Their Majesties in Ottawa

OTTAWA, CANADA: Arrival in Ottawa.

Gen. view train into station. Semi view King & Queen out of train & greeted by Lord Tweedsmuir. Semi CU Queen then King into carriage. Long view King sitting down in carriage. CU pan King & Queen in carriage away.

At Parliament Building.

Long view Queen out of car at Parliament Bldg. Semi view mounted guards. Long view King & Queen out of building. Semi view Queen...King at salute.

At Laying of Foundation Stone of Ottawa's Supreme Court.

Long view King & Queen shaking hands with workmen. Semi view Queen in front of lectern making speech.."E.R." on front. CUt-in types listening. Semi view Queen talking. Gen. view group on platform..King, Queen, Tweedsmuir & Mackenzie King.

Trooping the Colour on King's 44th Birthday Celebrations.

Semi view King at salute. Gen. view Canadian Brigade of Guards marching. CU Queen & Tweedsmuir at window watching. Gen. view & semi view Brigade of Guards marching..(Trooping the Colour)...showing mass of bayonets.

Governor-General's Garden Party at Rideau Hall.

Gen. view Rideau Hall Garden. Semi view & long view Queen talking to & amongst guests. CU pan of Queen. Semi view King & Tweedsmuir towards. Semi view King shakes hand with guests. Semi view guests..types. CU pan of King & Queen. Gen. view of tables..showing Commemoration Cake. CU cake.."G.R". Semi view people fighting for pieces of cake.

Unveiling Ottawa's War Memorial.

Gen. view crowd & Parliament. Long view monument. Semi view Mac-King, King, Queen & Tweedsmuir. CU King & Queen. Long view Guards march away from monument. Angle shot & CU soldiers on monument. Semi view King making speech. CU Queen..King walks into picture laughing. Long view veterans wearing berets. Long view King & Queen walking among veterans. CU Queen talks to veteran & laughs. Semi view pan King & Queen amongst veterans. Gen. view veterans cheering. Top & long views King's car thru' & amongst veterans. Semi top view car thru' veterans.

Sound Effects.

Queen says that it is not inappropriate that a woman should lay the foundation stone because woman's plane in society depends upon the growth of the law.

King says that without freedom there can be no enduring peace and without peace no enduring freedom.

Royalty; King George VI of Great Britain (1936-52), Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain, the Queen Mother (1900- ), Military - Ceremonial; Media; British Empire; Ceremonies - Opening

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