In honour of legendary #42 who helped change the course of American history 75 years ago this month with the Montreal Royals, a short collage film dedicated to the beautiful love story that blossomed between Jackie Robinson and his wife Rachel and the citizens of Montreal. If this doesn't fill you with Canadian pride, you probably aren't Canadian.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
02:40 Early Life
05:36 Discrimination in American sports
06:55 Branch Rickey
10:02 Jackie signs with Montreal Royals
11:11 Spring training
14:25 Opening day (April 18, 1946)
15:44 Montreal
21:42 Little World Series
24:14 Brooklyn Dodgers
26:37 Fight for civil rights
27:28 Death and legacy
28:28 Highlight of Jackie's career
29:31 Montreal's legacy
33:29 Outro

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Pieced together from:
Mountain Lake PBS:    • Jackie Robinson's Montreal Connection  
Mountain Lake PBS II:    • Celebrating Jackie  
PBS Jackie Robinson by Ken Burns: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5618356/
Vermont PBS:    • Breaking Barriers - Jackie Robinson a...  
Undisputed Skip and Shannon:    • Video  
Alexandre Street, A ProQuest Company:    • Video  
visionaryproject:    • Rachel Robinson: Playing Ball: North ...  
Montreal Gazette I:    • Jackie Robinson's granddaughter at Pl...  
Montreal Gazette II:    • Students learn of Jackie Robinson  
Montreal Gazette III:    • Jackie Robinson contracts come to Mon...  
Jess Sanchez:    • I went to the Dodger’s Dugout Club fo...  
Montreal Sports:    • Jackie Robinson plaque at former site...  
Bill Belsey CBC:    • Jackie Robinson in Canada  
The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow:    • Jackie Robinson in Canada: The Untold...  
42 (2013): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453562/...
CBC Archives: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/140273...
Jackie Robinson talks about playing baseball in Montreal - CBC Radio: https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/jac...
THIRTEEN:    • Rachel Robinson on Her Late Husband J...  
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950):    • The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) | Ru...  

Special thanks to Marcel Dugas

Music
Scott Buckley - Titan
Link:    • Scott Buckley - 'Titan' [Uplifting Ep...  

Artist: Benjamin Martins | Track: Vitality
Playlist:    • Playlist  

Scott Buckley - Jul
Link:    • 'Jul' [Ambient Piano & Strings 🎄 CC-B...  

Scott Buckley - Ascension
Link:    • Scott Buckley - 'Ascension' [Emotiona...  

Scott Buckley - She Moved Mountains
Link:    • Scott Buckley - 'She Moved Mountains'...  

Scott Buckley - Freedom
Link:    • Scott Buckley - 'Freedom' [Uplifting ...  

Night on the Docks - Sax by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos...  ​
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Just As Soon by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
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License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
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License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos...  ​
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

On the Cool Side by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos...  ​
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Night on the Docks by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos...  ​
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

Walking Along by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com/​
Promoted by MrSnooze    • Film Noir Background Music for Videos...  ​
License: CC BY 3.0 https://goo.gl/Yibru5

End Screen Music
Ikson - Alive
Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music.
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