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Governor General his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, PC, GCMG, and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough visit Britannia Mines on Commodore E. W. Hamber's steam yacht "Vencedor" of the R. V. Y. C. Thursday Sept. 8th 1932

Item is a newsreel documenting the visit of Governor-General his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough, PC, GCMG, and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough with Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hamber to the Britannia Mines. The film shows footage of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hamber arriving at Ballantyne Pier; meeting with the members of the Vancouver Harbour Commission (President S. McClay, Commissioner J. B. Thomas, and Commissioner R. D. Williams); greeting his excellency the Right Honourable the Earl of Bessborough and her excellency the Countess of Bessborough; and boarding their yacht Vencedor; the Britannia Mines band and Mr. C. P. Browning, manager of the Britannia Mines, officially receiving the visiting party at the Britannia Mines piers; and the visiting party inspecting the concentration and machine shop at the Britannia Mines. The film also includes images of the Vancouver skyline and the BC coastline taken during the seavoyage to and from the Britannia Mines, an aerial views of Britannia Beach and Howe Sound, as well an official shot of the crew of the Vencedor yacht.

Governor General Lord Byng, with local city officials, including the Mayor C.E. Tisdall at Hollow Tree in Stanley Park

Item is a photograph showing a group of city officials, Mayor Tisdall and Lord Byng at the Hollow Tree in Stanley Park. Pictured in photo: Alderman Tracey, Alderman P.C. Gibbons, General Odlum, Lord Byng, Lady Byng, Mayor Tisdall, Mrs. Tisdall, Lady Margaret [Boscowen?], Margaret Tisdall, Mrs. de Pencier, Alderman Woodside, Mrs. Woodside, Archbishop de Pencier, Mr. and Mrs. [Wootee?].

[Governor General Lord Byng's farewell visit]

Inscription by L.D. Taylor on verso of print reads: "Miss Sandford lady in waiting, Captain [?] Mgr. B.C. Coast S.S. Coy., Her Excellency Baroness BYNG, The Mayor [L.D. Taylor], His Excellency Baron Byng, Colonel Foster C.D.C."

[Governor General Lord Byng's farewell visit]

Inscription by L.D. Taylor on verso of print reads: " Party. Left to right: Councillor McLean, Revelstoke, B.C., His Excellency Baron Byng, myself {Mayor L.D. Taylor], Chief of Police Long, my secretary George Fitch, Her Excellency Baroness Byng, Miss Sandford lady in waiting." Photograph taken at C.N. Station.

H.E. the Viceroy's band

Photograph is a group portrait of the Viceroy's band. Photograph is one of nine photographs adhered to a card created by Lord and Lady Willingdon in commemoration of Lord Willingdon's retirement as Governor General in 1931. The card is titled "Lest You Forget."

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