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Title - 'Tour across Canada of the Prince of Wales. Arrival at Vancouver, B C - inspection of Guard of Honour'.

Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), inspects Guard of Honour in Vancouver; British Columbia; the guards wear kilts and black hats.

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Title - 'Tour across Canada of the Prince of Wales. Arrival at Vancouver, B C - inspection of Guard of Honour'.

Prince Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor), inspects Guard of Honour in Vancouver; British Columbia; the guards wear kilts and black hats.

Title - 'Is presented with an Address at Stanley Park - crowds sing National Airs'. Prince presents decorations to soldiers on platform in park with crowd surrounding. MS 3 men. MS conductor standing on box in midst of crowd; waving baton; apparently ignored by all around him! (Only a few seem to be singing). MS of Prince going through crowd.

Title - 'Passing through the crowds to inspect the "Middies"'. Various shots as Prince, Army & Navy officers inspect cadets in sailor uniforms.

Title - 'The Prince visits Shaughnessy Military Hospital'. MS Prince in ward talking to men lying in beds and meeting nurses.

Title - 'Ceremonies of Laying Cornerstone of High School to be known as Prince of Wales' School'. Scenes from cornerstone ceremony for school, pan across crowd. MS as children throw flowers in his path. MS's as he spreads mortar on stone and people cheer. MS as he walks down steps and gates close behind him.
Title - 'Prince and party visit Hasting Sawmill, Vancouver'.
Prince arrives at Hasting Sawmill. He watches as big log moves up ramp.
Title - 'Method of sawing big logs'. Interior MS big log sawed into square shape.

Title - 'The Prince and party visit big tree in Stanley Park'. MS cars driving on road with cliff at side. MS car stopped in front of huge tree; several people could stand inside its partly hollow trunk. Prince & other men by tree (without car).

Title - 'Vancouver, British Columbia. The Vancouver Hotel. The latest of the CPR palatial Hotels'. Wide establishing shot Vancouver Hotel; panning up & down.

Title - 'Inspecting Great War Veterans at CPR Dock'. Prince inspects World War One veterans at railway station; nice shot with curving Canadian Pacific Railway sign over building.

Title - 'Departure for Victoria on CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway) Steamer "Princess Alice". Prince walks up ramp to board ship. Prince & 2 men stand at rail.
Title - 'Waves farewell to Vancouver'. Prince at rail waves goodbye as ship moves away.

Title - 'Arrival at Victoria - Inspection of Guard of Honour'.
Shots from above: rows of soldiers; crowd in park near harbour.

Title - 'Is escorted down Government Street to Parliament Buildings'. Prince riding in car down Government St.; escorted by horse guards.

Title - 'Receives Address in front of Parliament Buildings'. Prince & officers stand under curtains in foreground facing away looking at row of soldiers on horses; 2 rows standing behind them, fountain & some of crowd in background also a photographer up on a ladder facing camera. Prince descends steps of Parliament. MS on steps; giving medals.

Title - 'Victoria, British Columbia. The Empress Hotel The Pacific link of the chain of CPR Hotels in Canada'. Establishing shots of Empress Hotel.

Title - 'His Royal Highness receives Address at Duncan, Vancouver Island'. MS Prince meeting people at Duncan; Vancouver Island; and inspecting troops. Shot of sign 'Welcome to our Comrade'; pan over crowd.

Title - 'Scene in front of Courthouse, Nanaimo, Vancouver Island'. Prince & local officials in front of the festively decorated courthouse; mayor (?) speaking; he gives something to Prince.

Title - 'Prince visits Military Hospital Courtenay, and talks to Nursing Sisters and wounded men'. Prince at Military Hospital Courtenay; on porch talking to veteran in wheelchair.

Title - 'The Prince looks over bridge at salmon coming up to spawn'. MS Prince & others on bridge; they go & look over side to see salmon coming up to spawn. Looking down at water: 2 fish jump up.

Title - 'Arrives at Returned Soldiers' Community Settlement'. Next; car drives past stumps; weeds; then Prince & others walk through this area; to the Returned Soldiers' Community Settlement. Looks like there were forest fires here?

Title - 'Pulling stumps at Returned Soldiers' Community Settlement' Workers tie ropes / hook chains to dead tree stumps. Stump being yanked out & dragged up on a heap.

Title - 'A Royal salute is fired by blowing stumps into the air'. Man stands on stump waving signal flag back & forth. Explosions in distance; burnt stumps & trunks in foreground.

Title - 'Arrival of the Prince at New Westminster Fair, B. C.
Prince walking through crowd at New Westminster Fair.
Title - 'Some of the floats and decorations at the Fair'. Float with nurses treating heavily bandaged man. MS costumed young women on float representing provinces; each holds shield with emblem of a province.

Title - 'Rug on which Prince stands while opening Fair, made out of twenty-three thousand pieces of cloth from Military uniforms'. MS as man's feet walk across rug.
Title - Boy Scouts and Girl Guides entering fairground'. MS as they march into fairground through gate in facade like stage set of old style buildings. Prince etc. enter. Title - 'His Royal Highness opens Fair by pressing button'. Prince presses button on a pole.

Title - 'Leaving Penticton, B C for tour Okanagan Lake'. Shot from departing ship; Prince at rail waves to crowd on pier.
Title - 'The Prince arriving at Summerland B C'. The Prince goes off ship where another crowd waits on smaller pier; many flags waving etc.

Title - 'Arrival at Vernon B C'. Coming off another ship; Prince shakes hands with white-haired man. MS Prince meeting a few people; in countryside?

Title - 'In the shadow of a giant apple tree receives Address at Vernon'. Crowd in park; including packed grandstand; a few people watch from horseback. Prince stands on a platform on which there is a square gazebo topped by a giant pot and top of apple tree with words Canadian Fruit; also a sort of column with pyramid of apples on top.

Title - 'A talk with Apple Ranchers, Vernon district'. Pan on crowd in stands.

Title - 'The Prince arrives at Nelson B C and is driven through the streets'. Motorcade on dirt street, large banner above 'Long Live Our Future King'.

Title - 'Leaving Nelson on steamer Kootenay Lake - Waves goodbye'. MS of Prince on deck of ship. Title - 'Views of Nelson and flotilla of small boats'. Tracking shot of town from ship - docks; small boats; another steamer. Small boats accompany steamer. CU of paddle in motion.

Title - 'Arrives at Balfour B C - visits soldiers in Civil Reestablishment Hospital'. Arrival in Balfour; British Columbia.

Prince & party come up steps from boat; pass under sign for him to see when leaving 'Au Revoir Comrade and Prince'. Prince (wearing plus-fours & cloth cap) visits soldiers in Civil Reestablishment Hospital; sitting on cushioned seats on the porch; he goes around chatting & shaking hands. Prince & party walking from house. Wide shot hospital - large meandering house in sort of Swiss chalet style. A few nurses & men (the recuperating soldiers?) sitting on grass on high bluff overlooking river; one man patting a dog.

Title - 'Views of clouds on mountain tops'. Another mountain shot (poor quality).

Title - 'Scenes on Kootenay Lake with Royal Train on barge'. Shots of barge on Kootenay Lake: mountains & hills covered with pines - northern woods; other barges; tugboats; small rowing boat. Would be rather scenic but; like preceding shots; poor quality.


Amendment - November 2011: A visitor to the site has corrected the original intertitles for this clip. The Prince of Wales is not laying the cornerstone of a school named Prince of Wales School. In fact, the Prince is laying the cornerstone of a statue of Queen Victoria which still stands on the lawn of the Provincial Parliament Building.