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Canada celebrates its Centennial year with fireworks, balloons, and cakes in all the provinces.

Centennial Celebrations in Canada. A Centennial memorial flame is lit on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, by Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson on New Year's Day 1967. View of the Peace Tower of Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9, Canada) with fireworks. Canadian provinces celebrate the Centennial year with pomp and show. Fireworks, balloons, birthday cakes and parades are part of the celebrations.

Date: 1967, January 1
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043340
John Buchan, Governor General of Canada, broadcasts New Year's message and speaks about abdication of King Edward VIII.

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, British Governor General of Canada, broadcasts New Year's message to citizens of Canada. He speaks about the death of King George V, of England, and of his successor, King Edward VIII, who of his own will resigned from his high office. He gives New year wishes and talks about his travels and what he has seen that has made him optimistic about Canada and its future.

Date: 1937, January
Duration: 2 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053142
United States troops arrive in Canada for a day of fun and goodwill (WW2)

United States troops visit Canada during World War II. They arrive in Canada for a day of fun and goodwill. The officers of United States and Canada shake hands. Trucks and Jeeps loaded with soldiers move across the road. Officers review cadets parading. The troops wave hands as they travel on Jeeps and trucks. Canadian military (CABTC) in baseball uniforms march and pose with officials.

Date: 1941, August 14
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053572
Prime Minister Louis Stephen St-Laurent and his wife cast their votes in 1957 Parliamentary election in Canada.

Parliamentary Elections in Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Louis Stephen St-Laurent and his wife walk out of their home. They get into a chauffeur-driven 1957 Buick Roadmaster sedan and arrive at a voting station. Prime Minister Laurent and his wife put their votes in a ballot box. A man seated at a desk helps them in casting votes. 'Dominion of Canada' written on the ballot box. Notice of grant of a poll placed on the building gateway. A man reads a notice. A man enters a building and casts his vote. Two Roman Catholic priests cast their ballots. Vehicles move through the streets. View of Chateau Hotel Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 4P5, Canada).

Date: 1957, June 10
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675073201
A Canadian Aircraft Carrier 'Pigmy' transports grains for its soldiers fighting on the frontier, during World War II.

A Canadian Aircraft Carrier 'Pigmy' transports grains for its soldiers fighting on the frontier, during World War II. Grains loaded into the ship at the harbor. The ship joins the fleet and sails in the sea. A biplane lands on the strip of the ship.

Date: 1944
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037149
Preparations for Quebec conference in Canada (WW2)

Preparations for the Quebec conference at Hotel Frontenac (1 Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 4P5, Canada) in Quebec, Canada. View of the Pentagon in Washington DC and the front door of 10 Downing Street in London, United Kingdom. Soldiers guard the hotel and the city. Hotel Frontenac entrance sign. The Wolfe-Montcalm Monument (Rue des Carrières, Québec, QC G1R 5J5, Canada). Various services carried on like courier service, mail censorship service. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058346