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Montreal: several ESTABLISHING SHOTs of buildings in Montreal, tall apartment building in background, of section around Saint James…
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Montreal: several ESTABLISHING SHOTs of buildings in Montreal, tall apartment building in background, of section around Saint James…STK-ID 38271 · 1954 · 8 min 27 s, 35mm neg b&wOpen video file ↗
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- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots
- Dates
- 1954 (indexed as 1954)
- Level
- item (source: Stock shot)
- Extent
- 8 min 27 s, 35mm neg b&w
- Scope & content
- Montreal: several ESTABLISHING SHOTs of buildings in Montreal, tall apartment building in background, of section around Saint James Cathedral (today Queen Mary of the World), of Notre Dame Church and Aldred Building. TRAVELLING LAS of top of row of old residences. Various MLSs of sections of city. Shot down street toward tall spire in background, traffic, construction on right side of street. MS of street light, TILT UPs to top of spire, to top of spine trees and to building under construction, TILT DOWN building. HAS of Place d'Armes Square. PAN, TILT UP and TILT DOWN Notre Dame Church. TRAVELLING SHOTs along facades of buildings on Notre Dame Street, of Seminary of Saint-Sulpice, of Notre Dame Church, with incidental shot of traffic, busses. Murky shot of skyscrapers, Royal Bank of Canada and Aldred buildings in background, towers of Notre Dame Church in foreground. Shot of street and PAN to small park. MLS of Saint James Cathedral. MLS of Jacques-Cartier Bridge showing several church steeples. HASs of buildings under construction and skyscrapers. Français : Montréal: plusieurs PLANs D'ENSEMBLE d'édifices de Montréal, un grand édifice à appartements en arrière-plan; d'un secteur autour de la Cathédrale Saint-Jacques (aujourd'hui Marie-Reine-du-Monde); de l'église Notre-Dame; de l'édifice Aldred. PLAN TRAVELLING EN CP d'une rangée des derniers étages de vieilles résidences. PGs variés de secteurs de la ville. Plan d'une rue vers une structure en forme de flèche en arrière-plan; il y a de la circulation et des travaux sur la côté droit de la rue. PM d'un réverbère; PANs VERS LE HAUT jusqu'au sommet de la flèche, jusqu'aux têtes de conifères et d'un édifice en construction; PAN VERS LE BAS d'un édifice en construction. P EN PL de la Place d'Armes. PAN, PAN VERS LE HAUT et PAN VERS LE BAS de l'église Notre-Dame. PLANs TRAVELLING de façades d'édifices sur la rue Notre-Dame; de la façade du séminaire Saint-Sulpice; de celle de l'église Notre-Dame; plan de la circulation incluant des autobus. Plan embrouillé de grattes-ciel avec la Banque Royale et l'édifice Aldred en arrière-plan; les tours de l'église Notre-Dame en avant-plan. Plan d'une rue; PAN vers un petit parc. PG de la Cathédrale Saint-Jacques. PG du pont Jacques-Cartier montrant plusieurs clochers d'églises. P en PL d'édifices en construction et des grattes-ciel.
- Places
- Old Montreal
- Location
- Édifice Aldred · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:montreal · found as “edifice aldred”
- Banque Royale · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:montreal · found as “banque royale”
- place d' Armes · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Place d'Armes Square.”
- rue Notre-Dame · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Notre Dame Street”
- 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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