Hands Across the Border

Genre: Newsreel

Year Published: 1949

Creator: Universal International Pictures

Description: Universal-International Pictures. Narrated by Ed Herlihy. Home transfer from 16mm original. -- The 1949 newsreel "Hands Across the Border" highlights the celebration of American-Canadian friendship at the International Bridge between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine. The event featured a color exchange, a Jubilee celebration, and participation from local children, including a doll carriage. The festivities included the crowning of Miss St. Croix, symbolizing the bond between the two nations. Keywords friendship, Canada, USA, celebration, newsreel, International Bridge, Jubilee, Miss St. Croix, cultural exchange, 1949

Complete Record: Universal-International Pictures. Narrated by Ed Herlihy. Home transfer from 16mm original. -- The 1949 newsreel "Hands Across the Border" highlights the celebration of American-Canadian friendship at the International Bridge between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and Calais, Maine. The event featured a color exchange, a Jubilee celebration, and participation from local children, including a doll carriage. The festivities included the crowning of Miss St. Croix, symbolizing the bond between the two nations.

Keywords

friendship, Canada, USA, celebration, newsreel, International Bridge, Jubilee, Miss St. Croix, cultural exchange, 1949

Transcription

the International bridge between st. Stephen New Brunswick and Calais Maine stands as a symbol of more than a hundred years of American Canadian friendship to mark the event Canadians and Americans exchanged colors on the bridge to open a Jubilee celebration [Music] the small fry take a hand in the proceedings with a doll carriage for a both in st. Stephen that later at Memorial Park in Calais and here is Little Miss international friendship and mighty cute - and if you want to dress up a friendship Jubilee how can you do any better than this on either side of the line for the second year older Hemphill wins the title of Miss st. Croix and if you can see why we certainly won't tell you yes there's no doubt that miss Hempel is a powerful argument for international friendship all the way up [Music]