Canada Day 1927

On This Day - July 1, 1927

Canadians have never been united as they are on July 1, 1927 — Canada's Diamond Jubilee. Telegraph and telephone companies and 23 radio stations have forged a nationwide link to broadcast speeches, songs, poems and the peals of the carillon bells live from Ottawa. In this clip, taken from the earliest program in the CBC archives, the chairman of the Diamond Jubilee committee addresses the crowd on Parliament Hill and listeners across the Dominion.