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MS of crane boom, dangling hook moving across background of buildings

item1954STK-ID 30849

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MS of crane boom, dangling hook moving across background of buildingsSTK-ID 30849 · 1954 · 11 min 6 s, 16mm original kodachromeOpen video file ↗

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MS of crane boom, dangling hook moving across background of buildings
NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) · STK-ID 30849 · displayed from the archive's own server (www3.nfb.ca) · full-size image ↗ · view and cite at source ↗Collection: National Film Board Low-resolution preview from the NFB Archives; the footage is licensed through the NFB.

Where

Montréal, QCCorrect the locationNearby on the big map
Held by
NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots
Dates
1954 (indexed as 1954)
Level
item (source: Stock shot)
Extent
11 min 6 s, 16mm original kodachrome
Scope & content
MS of crane boom, dangling hook moving across background of buildings. PAN along row of pile drivers to "Seven Up" sign on adjacent building, PAN back. Shots of heavy piece of equipment being hoisted up by crane and being deposited on truck. PAN along end of stack of pile casings. HAS of men handling sling full of large pile casings. CU of shovel bucket biting into dirt and emptying into truck. Various shots of mechanical shovel at work. CU of very top of pile driver, TILT DOWN boom to mechanism at work, to head ramming pile casing into earth. LAMS of mechanical shovel on edge of excavation dumping bucket full of dirt into truck. CUs of buckets biting into dirt. Several shots of shovel at work including few shots from opposite side of street. Incidental shots of traffic passing between camera and shovel. Français : PM d'une flèche de grue, le crochet se balançant, des immeubles en toile de fond. PAN le long d'un rang d'appareils de battage jusqu'à une enseigne "Seven Up" sur l'immeuble voisin, PAN inverse. Plans d'une pièce d'équipement lourd soulevée par une grue et déposée dans un camion. PAN le long d'une pile de tubes de pieux. P EN PL d'hommes manoeuvrant des cordages qui entourent de gros tubes de pieux. GP du godet d'une pelle mordant dans la terre et se déversant dans un camion. Divers plans d'une pelle mécanique au travail. GP du sommet d'un appareil de battage, PAN VERS LE BAS de la flèche au mécanisme en action, jusqu'à la tête enfonçant le tube d'un pieu dans la terre. PM EN CP d'une pelle mécanique sur le bord d'une excavation déversant un godet rempli de terre dans un camion. Quelques GP de godets mordant dans la terre. Plusieurs plans de pelle en activité, dont quelques plans filmés du bord opposé de la rue. Plans accidentels de la circulation passant entre la caméra et la pelle.
Places
Montreal
Location
  • Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”
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Access & use
Collection: National Film Board Low-resolution preview from the NFB Archives; the footage is licensed through the NFB.
Harvested
2026-10-21T05:51:35Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb

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