Royal River (1959 film)

Royal River
Directed by	Isobel Kehoe
Produced by	Gordon Sparling
Production companies	National Film Board
Release dates	1959
Running time	30 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

Royal River is a Canadian documentary film, released in 1959.^[1] Produced by the National Film Board 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.^[1] 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, and was narrated by CBC Television announcer Bruce Marsh.

The film won the Canadian Film Award for Best Theatrical Film in 1960.^[2]

References

1 2 "Film of Royal Seaway Tour Opens in 5 Canadian Cities". The Globe and Mail, August 4, 1959.
↑ "Film Awards Announced". Ottawa Journal, June 8, 1960.

External links

Royal River at the Internet Movie Database

Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television winners for Best Motion Picture

1940s	The Loon's Necklace (1949)

1950s	North Shore / Mouvement perpétuel (1950) After Prison What? (1951) Newfoundland Scene (1952) Tit-Coq (1953) The Seasons (1954) The Stratford Adventure (1955) Gold (1956) Prelude to Spring (1957) City of Gold (1958) The Quest / Money Minters / The Tall Country (1959)

1960s	Royal River (1960) Universe (1961) Morning on the Lièvre / Au temps des ombres blanches (1962) Lonely Boy (1963) À tout prendre (1964) The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) Le Festin des morts (1966) Warrendale (1967) The Ernie Game (1968) The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969)

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1980s	The Changeling (1980) Les Bons débarras (1981) Ticket to Heaven (1982) The Grey Fox (1983) The Terry Fox Story (1984) The Bay Boy (1985) My American Cousin (1986) Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1987) Un Zoo la nuit (1988) Dead Ringers (1989)

1990s	Jésus de Montréal (1990) Black Robe (1991) Naked Lunch (1992) Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) Exotica (1994) Le Confessionnal (1995) Lilies (1996) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) The Red Violin (1998) Sunshine (1999)

2000s	Maelström (2000) Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001) Ararat (2002) Les Invasions barbares (2003) Les Triplettes de Belleville (2004) C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) Away from Her (2007) Passchendaele (2008) Polytechnique (2009)

2010s	Incendies (2010) Monsieur Lazhar (2011) Rebelle (2012) Gabrielle (2013) Mommy (2014) Room (2015)

Canadian Film Award 1949-1979; Genie Award 1980-2012; Canadian Screen Award 2013-present

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