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- Montreal buildings: MSs of building facades, of roofs of low buildings
Montreal buildings: MSs of building facades, of roofs of low buildings
item1954STK-ID 38267
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Montreal buildings: MSs of building facades, of roofs of low buildingsSTK-ID 38267 · 1954 · 9 min 3 s, 35mm neg b&wOpen 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
- 9 min 3 s, 35mm neg b&w
- Scope & content
- Montreal buildings: MSs of building facades, of roofs of low buildings. LASs of straight up skyscraper. MS of Notre-Dame Church, TILT UP one tower, PAN to other tower, to Alfred Building and to fire station beside it. MS of gothic arches of Notre-Dame Church. MS of top of Bell Telephone Building. MS of front of Queen Elizabeth Hotel, PAN to Saint-James Cathedral (today Queen Mary of the World). CU of facade of building, people in one of the windows. Several CSs of facade of Sun Life Building on Dominion Square, some showing workmen at work. Several TILT UPs and TILT DOWNs ending in incidental shots of traffic on Metcalfe Street. TILT UPs and TILT DOWNs Bell Telephone Building, of part of Saint-James Cathedral. Français : Édifices de Montréal: PMs de façades d'édifices, de toitures d'immeubles bas. Ps EN CP d'un gratte-ciel s'élevant en ligne droite. PM de l'église Notre-Dame, PAN VERS LE HAUT d'un clocher, PAN de l'autre clocher, de l'édifice Alfred et de la caserne de pompiers tout à côté. PM des arcs équilatéraux de l'église Notre-Dame. PM du sommet de l'édifice de la Compagnie de téléphone Bell. PM de la façade de l'hôtel Reine Elizabeth, PAN sur la cathédrale Saint-Jacques (aujourd'hui Marie-Reine-du-Monde). GP de la façade d'un immeuble, des gens se tiennent à l'une des fenêtres. Plusieurs PRs de la façade de l'édifice de la Sun Life sur la Place Dominion, certains montrant des ouvriers au travail. Plusieurs PANs VERS LE HAUT et PANs VERS LE BAS se terminant par des plans consécutifs de la circulation de la rue Metcalfe. PANs VERS LE HAUT et PANs VERS LE BAS de l'édifice de la Compagnie de téléphone Bell, d'une partie de la cathédrale Saint-Jacques.
- Places
- Montreal
- Location
- Sun Life · landmark · confidence 70% · landmark:montreal · found as “sun life”
- rue Metcalfe · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Metcalfe Street”
- place du Canada · street · confidence 45% · street · former street name · found as “Place Dominion”
- 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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