| CANADIAN ELECTIONS | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8047 |
| Catalog #: | 233439 | |
| Clip Number: | 233439-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2153 C | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1949 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Misc | |
| Description: | CANADIAN ELECTIONS Ottawa, Ontario, Canada LS The Parliament Buildings in Ottawa. SCU Man reading election notice and poster. CU Man reading newspaper giving election news. CU Election paper. CU Election banners and posters ( 6 shots) People entering polling booth ( 2 shots) Man posting vote in box. CU Another hand posting in box. Carleton, Ontario George Drew, Conservative leader entering polling booth. Drew and wife posing for cameras inside polling booth. Back view young couple entering booth. People outside polling station CU Teller's pencil tracing across voter's name on electoral register. Quebec, Canada MS Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent casting his ballot. Tellers afterwards shake hands with him and his wife. St. Laurent surrounded by supporters raises hands in triumph as results show that the Liberals have been returned to power. CU St. Laurent seated at desk speaking into mike. “Fellow Canadians. I am naturally delighted with the result of my first general election as national leader of the Liberal Party. I thank you sincerely for the wonderful expression of confidence you have given today to the Government of your country, your Government and mine, which I have had the privelege since last November of being the head. The decisive verdict you have rendered will strengthen the Government in carrying out the programme we have laid you during the election campaign. We shall continue to strive resolutely for peace and prosperity and with peace and prosperity for the fundamental aim of the Liberal Party which is to ensure to all Canadians of every province of every race and creed and class and of all political Parties the closest possible approach to equally of opportunity and to a fair share of the bounties with which Providence has endowed our favoured land.” | |
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