MSs of pioneer style square-timbered house, of house with old fashioned buckboard in foregound. LAS of stone cross at Gaspe. CU of bilingual plaque commemorating Cartier's landing at that point. Shot of skies, PAN to LAS of stone cross. HAS of Saint Lawrence River from Citadel, of lower Quebec City, old cannon of Citadel in foreground. Several CSs of cannons showing mountings, mouths, barrels. LS of Citadel from across river. LASs of old fashioned houses and of Citadel from lower town. MSs and CSs of Place d'Armes in Trois-Rivieres showing monumental torch burning in honour of fallen comrades. Long sequence showing statue of Madeleine de Vercheres from every possible angle. CU of plaque of pedestal of monument. CU of face of statue of Jacques Cartier in Montreal. LS of Fort Henry and two shots of wall, cannon.