Transcript - Rogers Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Canada’s First Wireless Call on July 1

[Historic footage of Ted Rogers Sr. at a podium in Nathan Phillips Square]

[On-screen text: On Canada Day, 40 years ago]

[Ted Rogers] First of all, I’d like to say, that it’s a great day for Canada.

[On screen text: Ted Rogers, July 1, 1985]

[On-screen text: Rogers made Canada’s first ever wireless call]

[Historic footage of Toronto Mayor, Art Eggleton]

[Art Eggleton] Greetings from the people of Toronto.

[On screen text: Art Eggleton, Toronto Mayor]

[Vintage-style photo of a woman in a hospital bed, smiling as she holds her newborn. She talks on a brick-style wireless phone]

[Narrator] To all of your firsts.  

[Photo of a man smiling as he talks on a wireless phone, his arm around his bride]

[Narrator] From your big moments

[Photo of two young men in graduation gowns smile and hold up their diplomas while looking at a wireless phone, sharing the moment over a call]

[Narrator] To your small moments

[Photo of a man kissing a woman on the cheek as she laughs, holding a wireless phone]

[Narrator] And to all the moments in between.

[A woman sits on a bench, smiling as she holds her phone, while a man beside her looks at her with a smile]

[Photo of a woman on a video call, holding a modern phone. On screen, her husband smiles with their daughter on his shoulders]

[Photo of a family at a graduation ceremony, smiling as a man raises a phone to capture a group selfie]

[Photo of a woman moving into an apartment, standing among moving boxes and smiling at the camera]

[Narrator and on-screen text] Here’s to celebrating the next forty years of firsts.

[Montage of first moments: babies smiling, graduations, citizenship ceremonies, new driver’s licenses, prom, first days of school, first phones, and weddings]

[Logo: Rogers]

[On-screen text: Happy Canada Day]