Summary

Canadian minister Paul Martin, Sr. at Angkor Wat during late-1956 visit to Cambodia

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # A4886
Clip SR001954_01_07.mov
Date 11/1/56
Title Canadian minister Paul Martin, Sr. at Angkor Wat during late-1956 visit to Cambodia
Description Canadian National Minister of Health and Welfare Paul Martin, Sr. chats with Cambodian tour guide as he visits Angkor Wat / Martin, his wife Eleanor (""Nelly"") and guide walk with others on the grounds / Martin shakes hands with two Buddhist monks / Martin and guide mount steps of ruins; statues line the steps / Martin, Nelly, and guide among statues in ruins / guide points out features to them / Martin greets monks and other Cambodians with his hands in prayer gesture, the traditional greeting / aerials Angkor Wat / Note: exact day not known
Personality Paul Martin Sr, Eleanor Martin
Country Cambodia
Province/State Siem Reap

Keywords

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Angkor Wat
Buddhism
temples
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World Heritage Sites
statues
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Canadian people
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monks
greetings
handshakes
gestures
Indochina
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