Canadian fur farmers exhibit fox and mink coats at the Annual Fur Breeders' Exhibition, Alberta. Various mammals in jungle. Woman with a fox. A man catches an animal for fur from the farm and ties his mouth. Fox ear reads '11BA'. A farmer watches the hoof of a small mammal. Animals kept in cages. Fur farmers exhibit the animals for mink coat and fur in the pre coat stage. People select the animals.
Quebec farm family celebrates 25th wedding anniversary. Family members drive sheep, pour milk in a container. Boots placed on a table outside the house. Women cuts giant loaf of bread on the lawn. More members of family arrive in a horse-drawn carriage. Family members seated at the table to eat. Family members pose for photograph.
Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis, Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, is seen in his office with a woman secretary. They attend to administrative paperwork. Large paper files can be seen in the background. Members of M.Duplessis' staff enter for a meeting. One shows him a copy of the Quebec anti-nationalist newspaper, Le Jour, which he peruses and discusses briefly with his staff.
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.
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
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).