Film Record: Good Neighbour No. 1

Identifier:

• F2016:02/012 (Source: British Columbia Archives)

Date produced: 1937

Filmmaker(s):

Robert H. B. Ker

Length:

100 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

BC Archives list of titled amateur films

Description:

"U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visit Victoria on 30 September 1937" British Columbia Archives.

Resources:

"Item F2016:02/012 - Good neighbour no. 1." Ker family fonds, Ker family films, British Columbia Archives.

Locations:

• Victoria, B.C. (Filming)

Subjects:

•           Ships
•      Canada

Genre:

• Documentary

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

British Columbia Archives

Viewing Notes:

"U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visit Victoria on 30 September 1937. Arrival aboard destroyer USS Phelps. Arrival at Government House, with FDR and Lieutenant Governor Hamber. Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Hamber, and Premier Pattullo. Group photo taken (James Roosevelt supporting FDR). FDR in car with Hamber, chatting with reporters. Automobile trip through Victoria, with protection detail standing on running boards. Departure of USS Phelps from Ogden Point." Viewing notes from British Columbia Archives.

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