Newsreel - Halifax Bicentennial
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Halifax, Bicentennial, 1949, parade, history, Nova Scotia, maritime, military, queen, Canada
Transcription
[Music] Halifax celebrates the 200th anniversary of its founding as the honor guard is inspected the Canon saloons out [Music] it's a three-mile long parade that marks the event and as the Calaveras pass they are reviewed by lieutenant governor McCurdy's Lord Cornwallis and common or hope and historic pageant marks the climax of the Bicentennial here is depicted the history of Halifax in Nova Scotia its maritime background and the story of its transport [Music] [Applause] [Music] the army takes its share in the festival which marked the birth of one of Canada's oldest cities and the queen of the occasion herself helps mark a milestone in the Dominions history [Music] currently held and saturated by the Reds to return and establish communist cells in Japan here they give a demonstration of their training as they parade singing communist songs and displaying banners tapering a red rule for their homeland Russia export another fifth come [Music]
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