Lord Elgin: Voice of the People

  • January 1959
  • 29mins

  • History
  • Directed by

    Julian Biggs,

    Guy Glover,

    Starring

    Andrew Allan,

    Sandra Scott,

    Lucien Watier,

    Robert Goodier

    ...

    This short film tells the story of Lord Elgin, a man’s whose faith in a nation’s right to self-determination was stronger than the threat of the mob or his own fear of failure. Successor to Lord Durham, he established the principles on which Canadian government stands today.