MOVIE: CANADIAN HEADLINES OF 1946

*The passcode to view the film is the name of the city of the spectacular fire (case-sensitive)…

From Library & Archives Canada;

Newsreel footage of Canadian Headlines from 1946…Shots include:

A spectacular fire in Hull, Quebec which destroyed the Interprovincial Bridge; Dionne Quintuplets in Grade Five; Operation Musk-Ox;
Spy ring uncovered by the RCMP; Barbara Ann Scott skating at championship;
Highlights of a Boston Bruins versus Montreal Canadiens hockey game as they battle for the Stanley Cup; Canada’s New Governor General greeted by King;
67th running of the King’s Plate horse race at Woodbine race track; Vancouver, British Columbia celebrates its Diamond Jubilee;
Hurricane strikes Windsor, Ontario; HMCS Warrior in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Boy Scouts and Girl Guides gathering; Hamilton, Ontario celebrates its Centennial;
Beauty pageant; boats racing at Canadian Speed Boat Championship;
British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery laying a wreath at the War Memorial in Ottawa and meeting veterans there; Grey Cup Parade in Toronto; and highlights of the Grey Cup game between the Toronto Argonauts and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.

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