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Duke of York at Montreal and Quebec /

Duke of York at Montreal and Quebec /

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"This film shows the citation, presentation, and dedication of a bridge by the Duke of York, later King of England and grandfather of Queen Elizabeth. Many high-ranking military officials of both England and Canada are with him"--Early motion pictures.
H9310 U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 14Oct1901; H9310.
Duration: 3:44 at 16 fps.
According to the card in the M/B/RS Paper Print catalog, the paper roll was measured for footage.
Photographed September, 1901 through October, 1901 in Montréal and Québec, Canada.
According to the AFI catalog, this film probably includes all or parts of multiple films taking during the tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York through Canada in 1901. They arrived in Québec on September 16, 1901, and departed on September 18, 1901, arriving in Montréal the same day. They departed Montréal, on September 20, 1901. According to Pope's The tour of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York..., the Prince and Princess returned to Montréal on their way to New Brunswick. On October 16, 1901, they participated in a ceremony to commemorate the reconstruction of the Victoria Jubilee Bridge. This film may contain footage of that event.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1999) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
Sources used: Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 85; AFI catalog, film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 292; Joseph Pope's The tour of Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York through the dominion of Canada in the year 1901, p. 13-41, viewed online via the Internet Archive, May 9, 2016.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.

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01/01/1901
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Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
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