3 months before WWII began, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth toured St Catharines and north Niagara by limousine for 90 minutes.
They were later mother and father of the current Queen Elizabeth II, her mother later became very affectionately known as the "Queen Mother"
Elwood Armbrust, a mechanical engineer with Ontario Hydro, recorded their passing on 16mm film.
16mm colour film home movie recorded in 1939 is a very rare historic artifact just for that reason alone. Put in perspective Gone With The Wind was the first entirely colour Hollywood movie in 1939. The 16mm Kodacrhome Colour Film had only become available in 1935 in limited quantities even by 1939,
His granddaughter Susan (Armbrust) Suk and her husband John, donated the film to the Old Films of Niagara Region History Project.
Негізгі бет Фильм және анимация 1939 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Tour St Catharines Ontario
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