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Bank of Canada burns one dollar bills to take them out of circulation in Ottawa

Employees at Bank of Canada in Ottawa put one-dollar bills in bales of five hundred bills to take them out of circulation. View of the Bank of Canada Building (234 Wellington St. W, Ottawa, ON K1A 0G9, Canada). Bales are put in a sack and then burnt in a furnace.

Date: 1946
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038452
The birth of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands in Ottawa during the Dutch royal family's exile to Canada (WW2)

Princess Margriet, third child of Princess Juliana of the Netherlands, is born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada during World War II. View of Netherlands flag flying on Parliament Hill (Wellington St, Ottawa, ON K1A 0A9, Canada). View of the Ottawa Civic Hospital (1053 Carling Ave, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada) after King George VI of the United Kingdom temporarily declared the hospital as “extraterritorial”. Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, consort of Princess Juliana and father of Princess Margriet, carrying his infant daughter inside the Ottawa Civic Hospital. Prince Bernhard writes down Princess Margriet’s name during the registration of her birth. Two Dutch officials stand as witnesses during the registration of the royal birth. Princess Margriet's name on the registration document is shown. Prince Bernhard plays with his daughters, Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, and pet dog in the snow.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039390
Canadian war veterans at McGill University in Montreal, Canada where they take up engineering courses after the war.

Canadian World War II (WW2) veterans enroll at McGill University (845 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H3A 0G4, Canada) in Montreal, Canada. War veterans in their uniforms at the McGill university campus in Montreal, Canada. Veterans enter a building with a sign on it that reads "McGill Sir Arthur Currie Memorial Gymnasium." Men walk up the snow-covered stairs of a building on the university campus. A sign on a building reads ' McGill McDonald Engineering building' veterans in a classroom inside the building. A math professor writing on the blackboard. A woman professor demonstrates a model as students listen. A laboratory professor explains various dimensions of a model to students.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058771
New U.S. Ambassador to Canada Stanley Woodward arrives to take up his duties at the American Embassy in Canada.

New U.S. Ambassador to Canada Stanley Woodward arrives at the American Embassy in Canada. Stanley Woodward and his wife arrive by a railroad train and are greeted by a Canadian official. Exteriors of the American Embassy. Interiors of the Embassy shows Stanley shaking hands with staff members. A clock tower. Stanley arrives and shakes hands with Canadian Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent.

Date: 1950, June 26
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058225
Chinese people parade in Toronto, Canada during World War II in honor of China's new Ambassador to Canada.

Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Canada visits Toronto, Canada during World War II. Chinese people parade along the streets of Toronto in honor of the new Chinese Ambassador. Chinese people attend Chinese ceremonies and watch a traditional Chinese dance.

Date: 1942
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075237
Armed French soldiers move through rural areas of Algeria in rainy weather, and converse with several local residents

French troops on patrol in rural areas of Algeria, 1955. They meet and converse with several local people. The region is hilly and weather rainy. Streams run swiftly. Local huts have thatched roofs.

Date: 1955
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675056008