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Horses run in a race and a horse named 'Willie the Kid' wins the race in Toronto, Ontario.
A horse named 'Willie the Kid' wins the Kings Plate in Toronto, Ontario. People watch from the stands. Horses arrive at the track. The race starts, the horses run on the track. People cheer from the stands. 'Willie the Kid' wins the race. It is brought forward.
Canadian destroyers depart Esquimalt, British Columbia, for West Indies, on training tour
Well-wishers stand on a pier at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt (CFB Esquimalt) in British Columbia, to bid farewell to Canadian sailors preparing to leave on destroyers heading to the West Indies on a training tour. One sailor kisses his baby held in her mother's arms. Brief glimpse of crew members aboard a destroyer. The Royal Canadian Navy White Ensign, displayed on a destroyer. Sailors attending to their respective duties as a destroyer prepares to leave the dock. The destroyer, HMCS "Restigouche" displaying "HOO" on its hull, backing away from the dock, past another destroyer, still tied up. View of officers on the bridge and sailors lined up on deck as the ship continues backing into the harbor. View from land, as both destroyers head out to sea, past the Bickford Tower, at the entrance to the Esquimalt harbor. The destroyers underway into the setting sun
Newsreel titled 'Miner hits Jackpot' depicting a man Ulric 'Spud' Arsenault counting money in his room
Newsreel titled 'Miner hits Jackpot' depicting a man Ulric 'Spud' Arsenault writing on a carved post and viewing his gold mine claim area. He counts bundles of currency notes worth $100,000 in his room. His room is full with bundles of notes which he got from his amazing gold claim at 'Yellowknife'. Woman helping him total the bills with an adding machine.
One dollar bills being burnt at the Bank of Cannada in Ottawa, Cannada
At the Bank of Cannada in Ottawa staff members put one dollar bills in bales of five hundred bills so as to take them out of circulation. These bales of one dollar bills are put in sacks and are burnt in a furnace. Since one dollar bills have a life span of one or two years they are destroyed.
Fire at home for mutes in Montreal in Quebec
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).
1800 patients saved from fire at St. Michael the Archangel in Quebec city, Quebec.
St. Michael the Archangel, largest mental institution in North America is blown by fire. Firemen trying to stop the fire. Fire blows whole building. Snow covers the shattered asylum.
