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Royal Journey is a National Film Board of Canada documentary film chronicling a five-week Royal visit by The Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) and her husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, to Canada and the United States in the fall of 1951. Released in December 1951, Royal Journey is also notable for being the first commercial feature film in Eastmancolor.[1][2]
| Royal Journey | |
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| Directed by | David Bairstow Gudrun Parker Roger Blais |
| Written by | Leslie McFarlane |
| Produced by | Tom Daly |
| Starring | The Princess Elizabeth Philip, Duke of Edinburgh |
| Narrated by | Elwood Glover |
| Cinematography | Osmond Borradaile Grant McLean |
| Edited by | Ronald Dick Victor Jobin Betty Brunke |
| Music by | Louis Applebaum |
Production company | National Film Board of Canada |
Release date |
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Running time | 54 mins. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Royal Journey features sequences from Quebec City, Quebec, the National War Memorial in Ottawa, CFB Trenton and a performance of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, as well as sequences in Toronto, Ontario, Regina, Saskatchewan, the Albertan city of Calgary, and the Albertan capital of Edmonton.[2][3]
Royal Journey also shows the royal couple crossing the Rocky Mountains by rail and making stops in several small towns. In Vancouver, British Columbia, they board HMCS Crusader in Vancouver and attend native dances in Thunderbird Park. The action then briefly shifts to the U.S., where they are welcomed by President Harry S. Truman. The remainder of the journey includes visits to Montreal, Quebec, the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Charlottetown, a steel mill in Sydney, Nova Scotia and finally Portugal Cove, Newfoundland.[2][3]
Royal Journey was directed by David Bairstow, Gudrun Parker and Roger Blais and produced by Tom Daly for the NFB.[2] It received a Canadian Film Award for best theatrical feature-length documentary and was named best documentary film of 1952 at the British Academy Film Awards.[3]
See also
References
- Chronology of Motion Picture Films: 1940–1959, Kodak.
- Crowther, Bosley (29 February 1952). "THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Documentary of 'Royal Journey' to Canada and United States Last Fall at the Embassy Guild". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- "Royal Journey". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
External links
- Royal Journey at IMDb
- Ohayon, Albert. "Royal Journey: The National Film Board's first major hit". NFB.ca blog. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- Watch Royal Journey at NFB.ca
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