Video – William Hall
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Transcript of William Hall
Video length: 0:34 minutes
[The Canadian Heritage logo appears.]
[A collage of archival photographs of famous African-Canadians: Anne Greenup,Mifflin Gibbs, Elijah McCoy, John Ware,William Hall introduces the video.]
Announcer: “Since the early beginnings of Canadian history, people of African descent have made significant contributions to the development of our great country.”
[A short clip from PSA on William Hall features the latter sitting on his porch, surrounded by young kids and telling his story, while a fading picture of the Victoria Cross appears in the centre-left of the screen.]
Announcer: “William Hall became the first Canadian sailor, the first Nova Scotian and the first black to receive the Victoria Cross.”
[Close-up of William Hall walking on his porch, taking the Victoria Cross out of his jacket pocket, and while holding onto porch beam, he gazes into the distance.]
Announcer: “Celebrate our proud heritage. Celebrate, Black History Month.”
[The website address Canada.ca/black-history-month appears on screen.]
[The Canada wordmark appears, which has a waving Canadian flag above the last “a” in the word “Canada”.]
[Video fades to black.]