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Original and photocopied records created, accumulated and used by Edward A. Bailey, a journalist who died in Saskatchewan in 1918. Includes Bailey's reminiscences; articles regarding railways, grain handling and markets; and a promotional brochure titled "On the Short Line: Weyburn, the International Gateway to Canada East, Canada West, United States" (ca. 1911).
Film report: Emphasizes the importance of wheat to the Canadian economy and documents how wheat is ground and made into bread. Includes good scenes of wheat being handled in the grain terminals at Port Arthur and Fort William and of the process in which grain is ground, mixed and baked into bread.
News: (1) Saskatoon City Council discuss swimming pools. (2) Saskatoon City Council on budget finances. (3) Construction workers at work on various buildings (silent). (4) Mr. Pound on grain. (5) Palliser Wheat Growers convention crowd shots (silent). (6) Otto Lang at Palliser Wheat Growers convention (silent). (7) Otto Lang on agriculture. (8) Saskatoon city buses (wild sound). (9) Jim Wright on grain handling charges.
Newsclips: (1) Andrew Goodman on American immigration laws. (2) Saskatoon Airport interiors/exteriors. (3 to 5) Mr. Hagglund dicusses autonomy for airports. (6) Aftermath of fire. (7) Oil well drilling (silent). (8) Meeting at the Union Centre in Saskatoon. (9) Traffic accident (semi/car). (10) Grain hopper cars. (11) Allan Blakeney speaks at opening ceremony for new extension of University Hospital in Saskatoon. (11 & 12) Opening ceremony at University Hospital. (13) Graham Taylor on Saskatchewan Progressive Conservative leadership campaign.
