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700 World War II Canadian Veterans take over 535 rooms of Hotel Vancouver due to housing shortage after the end of WW2

Opening Slate “Houseless vets take over hotel”. View of Hotel Vancouver (The Pacific Centre and TD Tower Vancouver stands on the site today. 700 and 701 West Georgia Street Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) after the end of World War II. Banner says “ACTION AT LAST VETERANS! ROOMS FOR YOU! Come and Get Them”. A Canadian serviceman, sitting in the information desk, points to his right to a veteran. Men and women line up to register. A white sign says “Please! Register Here”. A Canadian veteran speaks to a woman holding a baby. Canadian veterans lining up. Canadian veteran speaks to a hotel personnel behind the front desk. Veterans, neatly dressed in coats and neckties, pose together. Veterans and their wives have breakfast together. A veteran and his wife read a “Month” magazine together as they sit in a mattress on the floor. Veteran reads a book and smiles as he lies on his side in bed.

Location: Vancouver Canada
Date: 1946, January 5
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078994
Kids are delighted by the spinning saucer boat ride in Vancouver, Canada.

Spinning saucer boat in Vancouver, Canada. Kids board on spinning saucer boat. They are delighted by the spinning saucer boat ride.

Location: Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Date: 1957, September 30
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675055744
A father and a mother stand in front of a house with their eight children and set a new record in Vancouver, Canada.

4 set of twins in 5 years is a record in Vancouver, Canada. A family with their eight children. A father and a mother stand in front of their house and hold their children in their arms.

Location: Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Date: 1940, March 4
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033950
French Alain Gilett and Carol Heiss win the International Ice Skating Championship in Vancouver, Canada.

The International Ice Skating Championship in Vancouver, Canada. 21 year old French Alain Gilett wins the Men's Trophy. Carol Heiss wins the Women's trophy. A crowd applauds during their performance.

Location: Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Date: 1960, March 7
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064710
The USAAC Alaska Flight of 1934, progresses through Edmonton and Prince George, Canada

Animated map shows propsed course of the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaskan flight, originating in Washington, DC, United States, and heading northwest, across North America, to Alaska. It shows progress to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Next, Canadians are seen waving skywards, and scene shifts to aerial views of the expedition's Martin YB-10 aircraft flying in formation. On the ground at Edmonton, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman (RCMP) sits on horseback and talks with one of the fliers. A large crowd of visiters surround YB-10 aircraft parked on display, at an airfield. Several RCMP on horseback patrol the area. The animated map tracks the Alaskan Flight to Prince George, Canada. YB-10s are seen again, flying in formation. View out window of one showing snow-covered mountains.

Location: Canada
Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064908
Pilot, Eroll Boyd and Navigator Harry Conner, attempt flight from Newfoundland, Canada to Croydon, England

A group of men roll the Bellanca high wing monoplane, "Columbia,"from a hangar at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada. Pilot,Captain Erroll Boyd, and navigator,Harry Connor, stand in front of the airplane, discussing their aeronautical chart. Camera focuses on the airplane's rudder, displaying: "NR 237" A picture of of a woman dressed in the U.S. flag, and the word: "Columbia." vertical stabilizer displays a stylized diamond forming letters: "CAL." With engine running, a well wisher shakes hands with Erroll Boyd through the plane window and then steps back as the "Columbia" taxis ahead. The aircraft begins takeoff on a rough, rocky field. (It didn't succeed and they had to try again with manual help to keep the airplane's tail from digging into the ground.) Scene shifts to the aircraft airborne overhead. (Note: fuel problems forced them to make an emergency landing at Tresco, the Scilly Islands, off Cornwall, England, before finally arriving at Croydon.)

Location: Newfoundland
Date: 1930, October 9
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054975
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