- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada)
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- ESTABLISHING SHOT of construction crew at work on building
ESTABLISHING SHOT of construction crew at work on building
item1954STK-ID 35494
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ESTABLISHING SHOT of construction crew at work on buildingSTK-ID 35494 · 1954 · 10 min 4 s, 16mm original kodachromeOpen video file ↗
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Where
- 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
- 10 min 4 s, 16mm original kodachrome
- Scope & content
- ESTABLISHING SHOT of construction crew at work on building. Various shots of concrete elevators in operation, rising to top of scaffolding, emptying into hoppers and descending. Shots of building frameworks, including the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in construction, of men pouring cement high above ground, trundling their cement, pushing carts around on catwalks. Shot of men pushing their carts around catwalk, dome of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral in background. CUs of concrete pouring out of hopper into carts. LASs of elevator scaffolding, elevator rising, emptying and descending. Français : PLAN D'ENSEMBLE des ouvriers en train de construire un édifice. Divers plans de monte-charges à béton en opération, montant au sommet d'un échafaudage, se vidant dans des trémies et redescendant. Plans d'ossatures de bâtiment, dont celle du Reine-Elizabeth en construction, d'ouvriers versant du ciment tout en haut, le balayant, poussant des chariots sur des passerelles. Plan d'ouvriers poussant leur chariot sur la passerelle, le dôme de la cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde à l'arrière. Quelques GP de béton transvasé d'une trémie dans des chariots. Quelques P EN CP du monte-charge d'un échafaudage, montant, se vidant, redescendant.
- Places
- Montreal
- Location
- Cathédrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:montreal · found as “cathedrale marie reine du monde”
- Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”
- 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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