But didn't George VI tour Canada (and the US too) in 1939 -- before the declaration of war speech that is the film's culmination? Didn't he speak?
He spoke. Winnipeg historian Allan Levine looks into the details in a nicely researched piece online in the Globe and Mail. Maclean's has some material too, and cbc-ca has sound and film clips from the royal tour. Not so tongue-tied after all.
