The Sceptre and the Mace (1957)

Directed by

John Howe

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

29 min

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary follows Queen Elizabeth II's 1957 royal visit to Canada. It shows the opening of Parliament by the Queen and gives a look at the daily life of the Queen and Prince Philip at Rideau Hall, explaining the monarch's role in Canada's government.

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What happens

The Sceptre and the Mace (Le sceptre et la masse) is a 1957 short documentary film, directed by John Howe for the National Film Board of Canada. The film uses the royal visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Canada in 1957 to explore and explain the role of The Crown in a constitutional monarchy, focusing in particular on the opening of the 23rd Canadian Parliament, which remains to this day the only session of Parliament in Canadian history formally opened by the Queen herself rather than by the Governor General of Canada. It also shows many informal scenes of the Queen and Prince Philip in residence at Rideau Hall. The Sceptre and the Mace won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Short Film at the 10th Canadian Film Awards in 1958. In 1970, it was broadcast by CBC Television as an episode of the documentary series History Makers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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