- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada)
- A City Is / Ainsi va la ville
A City Is / Ainsi va la ville
collection1969
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36 videos
Slums, Ville Emard, Montreal (00/10/1969): MLS of slum backyard, many clotheslines full of clothes, woman at work on back porchSTK-ID 462 · 1969 · 9 min 50 s, 35mm eastman color neg, 16mm eastman color negOpen video file ↗
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- Slums, Ville Emard, Montreal (00/10/1969): MLS of slum backyard, many clotheslines full of clothes, woman at work on back porch
MLSs and CUs of numbers of condemned buildings
LS of freighter and tugboat in open water, part of wharf in foreground
FOLLOW SHOT of red locomotive moving out of station at rear of Place Bonaventure
FOLLOW SHOT of helicopter in flight over city buildings, place Bonaventure
Shot of vacant field with a little bit of snow, TILT UP to LS of refineries and ZOOM IN. Several shots of parts of refinery, some smoke
LS of downtown Montreal, skyscrapers
Montreal: various interior shots of luncheonette, Montreal Pool Room, cooks cooking french fries, CU of hands serving french fries, serving…
Shot of Montreal Pool Room sign in window
Newspaper plants: various shots of newsprint moving at high speed past the camera on a "La Presse" printing press
Street maintenance: MSs of water streaming out of street washing truck, washing over pavement at night
Various shots, from various angles and distances, of garbage trucks dumping garbage at the municipal garage disposal plant, of claw grab…
Various shots of two to three men demolishing a house board by board
Shots of two or three children (including one Black boy) at play in alley of disadvantaged Montreal neighbourhood
Shots of customers eating in restaurant as seen through windows
Two interior shots of Royal Bank building at Place Ville Marie, nobody to be seen anywhere
MS of billboard advertising electrical heating
Slow DOLLY SHOT past fruit and vegetable counter in supermarket
Nightclub: several CUs of girls chatting with friends, including ECUs of their features, mostly eyes
Various shots of people shopping in Eaton's department store
ESTABLISHING HASs inside clothing factory
Shot of heavy traffic on Jacques Cartier Bridge, northern approach, downtown Montreal silhouetted in distance at dusk
Police operations: interior shots of police dispatch office, call receivers, police chief
Accidents: shots of car burning, hood smoking furiously, policeman trying to open hood
Great shots of university students demonstrating in street against Bill 63: CSs of men and women shouting, waving; placards: "LE QUÉBEC AUX…
MCS of car smoking badly, policeman opening hood
Interior shots of urban planning offices at Bonsecours Market in Montreal
Night TRAVELLING SHOTS of Saint Catherine street ahead of camera car in Montreal, of little traffic, some pedestrians on sidewalk, much…
Shots of Saint-Louis Square in autumn, a few pedestrians walking through, some people sitting on park benches
MS of children seen through jets of water from fountain
LASs of telephone repairman at work on pole, LACS of his face as he speaks on portable phone to other repairman on balcony of slum
Morning shots near Place Ville-Marie on rainy day, some traffic on Dorchester (René-Lévesque) Boulevard, cars, trucks, buses, headlights…
FOLLOW LS of two hippies crossing University Street in Montreal, toting backpacks, guitar case, traffic moving by camera in extreme…
HAS of three school boys walking on sidewalk, carrying school bags, crossing street, it rains 
Shots of a few pedestrians, men, walking by Place Ville Marie building, under overhang of "Montreal Trust Company", snow falling gently in…
HAS of very busy pedestrian traffic on Sainte-Catherine Street in Montreal, we see a kiosk re "The Gazette"
Where
- Held by
- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots
- Dates
- 1969 (indexed as 1969)
- Level
- collection (source: Film)
- Extent
- 50 stock shots
- Scope & content
- Stock shots from the NFB film A City Is / Ainsi va la ville, in the NFB Archives stock-footage library.
- Places
- Calgary; Montreal
- Location
- Calgary, AB · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Calgary”
- Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T07:34:35Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb