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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]