Royal River (1959)

Directed by

Gordon Sparling

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

29 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Canadian documentary follows Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as they tour the newly opened St. Lawrence Seaway aboard the royal yacht. The film uses newsreel footage to show the royal couple meeting political leaders.

historicalpatrioticcelebratoryformalslow-paceddatedceremonialnostalgic

What happens

Royal River is a 1959 Canadian documentary film directed by Gordon Sparling and Roger Blais for the National Film Board of Canada. Produced to commemorate the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, the film documents the tour of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh aboard the HMY Britannia. It was compiled almost entirely from newsreel footage, including of the royal couple's meetings with John Diefenbaker, Richard Nixon, Dwight Eisenhower and Nelson Rockefeller. At the 12th Canadian Film Awards in 1960, Royal River won Best Theatrical Short Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• Islands of the Frozen Sea (1958)
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