Royal Journey (1951)
A documentary account of the five-week visit of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Stops on the royal tour include Québec City, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, the Trenton Air Force Base in Toronto, a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Regina and visits to Calgary and Edmonton. The royal train crosses the Rockies and makes stops in several small towns. The royal couple boards HMCS Crusader in Vancouver and watches Native dances in Thunderbird Park, Victoria. They are then welcomed to the United States by President Truman. The remainder of the journey includes visits to Montreal, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia and Portugal Cove, Newfoundland.
- Date of release
- 1951-01-02
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- David Bairstow, Roger Blais, Gudrun Parker
Casting
- Maurice Duplessis — Self
- Elwood Glover — Self
- Camillien Houde — Self
- Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom — Self
- Harry S. Truman — Self
Interesting facts
- Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: BAFTA Award for Best Documentary
Royal Journey is a 1951 National Film Board of Canada documentary chronicling a five-week Royal visit by The Princess Elizabeth and her husband, The Duke of Edinburgh, to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951.
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