Struggle for borders and territory between Canada and United States. Sketches of French-Canadian traders and merchants exchanging goods at Montreal, Canada. Picture of Governor James Murray. British merchants seeking control over the fur trade, but rejected by Governor Murray. Establishment of government in Quebec. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
The Saint Jean-Baptiste Day celebrations by the French Canadians in Saint Helen's Island, Montreal, Canada. A large crowd of French Canadians in Saint Helen's Island in Montreal in Canada. Light works and fireworks illuminate the sky. A downpour starts. Men and women near a board which reads 'St Helene Island'. Women under a covered area. People watch the fireworks. A final several-foot long replica of Niagara Falls made of fireworks on display. The men and women watch the display.
A film titled '740 escape unhurt as flames sweep home for mutes' shows a home for mutes on fire as fire fighters spray water to extinguish the fire in Montreal in Quebec. People stand by the road side as fire fighters perform rescue work. Wrecked furniture is seen. (World War II period).
Frequent thaws cause poor crop for ice harvest in Montreal, Quebec. The snow covered area. Men wearing woolen hats and coats use a machine to cut the snow. A man uses a cutter to cut the snow. A cube of snow is laid on a conveyor belt for transferring it on trucks. The trucks loaded with ice cubes driven in the snow covered area.
Struggle for borders and territory between Canada and United States. Map depicting land changes due to the Quebec Act. Continental Congress meeting and their invitation to the Canadians to join them in protesting Britain. Colonists hatred of Lord North. Merchants in Montreal review their options to maintain fur trade and keep their market with Britain. "The shot heard round the world" as American soldiers win early battles, and again at Bunker Hill over the British. With commentary and narration by J. Frank Willis.
Military Training Grounds in Montreal, Canada during World War 1. Canadian recruits, in uniform, are given realistic training in trenches similar to those in the battlefields of Europe for World War I. They crouch in trenches and fire their weapons including machine guns. Two men climb a raised platform and fire a machine gun concealed by brush. Officers stand outside a sandbagged bunker as new recruits, still in civilian clothes, follow several uniformed soldiers out of the bunker. Sign on bunker reads: "Enlist Here." Recruits in uniform, work in field digging trenches and dugouts.
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