Transcript: CIBC 150 years

[Video starts with a clip of a steam train moving forward]

Dear Canada,

For 150 years, you’ve been at the centre of everything we’ve done.

[Quick cuts of historical images of some of the first CIBC branches]

When you moved west,

[Historical photo of men in canoes travelling across a river]

We followed and set up a branch in a tent.

[Historical photo of a CIBC branch in a tent]

When you needed us in the north, 

[Historical photo of Inuit people in the North with a dog sled]

We put a bank in a plane. 

[Historical photo of a CIBC branch in a plane: North America’s only flying bank]

And when your life became 24 7,

[Photo of downtown Vancouver during the 1950s at night]

We stayed open longer.

[Historical photo of a CIBC branch with an Open weekends sign in the window] 

And were the first ones to put a bank on your street corners,

[Historical photo of a woman using a CIBC ATM]

and then, in your hand. So you could bank anytime, anywhere.

[Three photos of people banking on their mobile devices]

What a great country you are.

[Photo of a people at a Pride Parade holding a giant rainbow flag]

You welcome everyone.

[Photo of Victor Dodig, CIBC President and Chief Executive Officer, at a Canadian Citizenship ceremony shaking a girl’s hand]

You sprint for the finish line,

[Photo of a Paralympic athlete in a cycling race] 

No matter the race.

[Photo of a CIBC Run for the Cure event]

We stand for you Canada. Always have, always will.

[Photo of a boy in a cowboy hat holding a large Canadian flag. Pans out to show a collage of the photos that appeared earlier]

Thank you for letting us fit into your life.

[“CIBC: Banking that fits your life” logo fades out and the “CIBC 150: We stand for Canada” logo appears]