STK-ID 3940

The President of Haiti visits Canada: HAS over honour guard in front of Quebec Legislature. President Elie Lescot with Lieutenant Governor Sir Eugene Fiset, Premier Adélard Godbout and Louis Saint-Laurent. Profile of Godbout and face shot of Brigadier Blais, Officer Commanding of the 5th Military District. Introductions and greetings. Exterior shot of inspection of honour guard. Interior shot of the party (President Elie Lescot, Lieutenant Governor Sir Eugene Fiset, Premier Adélard Godbout and Louis Saint-Laurent) entering room in the Legislature, Cabinet Ministers Oscar Drouin, Valmore Bienvenu, Edgar Rochette, Wilfred Hamel, Cyrille Dumaine and Alfred Morissette being presented to the President. Two-shot of the President and Premier Godbout. Sequence of the arrival at Valcartier. Three-shot of President Lescot, Brigadier Blais and Officer Commanding of Valcartier Colonel Gaudreau. Inspection of troops and march past. Sequence on the visit by Gontran Rougier, Haitian under Secretary of State, to Oka Monastery, with shots of Father RP Norbert, Senator Thomas Vien. Sequence on conferences between President Lescot and Cabinet.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Reportages nº 46
Location
Quebec City, Oka
Year
1943
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w, 16mm print b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486