Montreal: HAS towards Jacques Cartier Bridge showing church steeples, roofs of buildings, construction in foreground

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

5 min 53 s, 35mm neg b&w

Scope & content

Montreal: HAS towards Jacques Cartier Bridge showing church steeples, roofs of buildings, construction in foreground. HAMLSs of street, traffic, roofs of identical residences, large apartment building in background. Street level shots of Saint-Urbain Street from Craig Street, of tower of Notre-Dame Church in background, traffic streaming out toward camera. MS of cupola of Saint-James Cathedral (today Queen Mary of the World) and of roof of basilica. Various shots of tops of buildings, of roofs and some facades. HAS of balcony of luxurious apartment house. PAN of seminary of Saint-Sulpice from across street, to entrance of Notre-Dame Church. Français : Montréal: P EN PL vers le pont Jacques-Cartier montrant les flèches d'une église, des toits d'édifices, une construction à l'avant-plan. PGs EN PL d'une rue, de la circulation, de toits de résidences identiques, un imposant immeuble d'habitation en arrière-plan. Plans, filmés au niveau de la chaussée, de la rue Saint-Urbain depuis la rue Craig, du clocher de l'église Notre-Dame en arrière-plan, le mouvement des véhicules s'effectue en direction de la caméra. PM de la coupole et du toit de la Cathédrale Saint-Jacques (aujourd'hui Marie-Reine-du-Monde). Plans variés de sommets d'immeubles, de toitures et de certaines façades. P EN PL du balcon d'un luxueux immeuble d'habitation. PAN du séminaire de Saint-Sulpice filmé de l'autre côté de la rue, à l'entrée de l'église Notre-Dame.

Places

Montreal

Location

• rue Saint-Urbain & rue Saint-Antoine · intersection · confidence 75% · intersection · former street name · found as “Saint-Urbain Street from Craig Street”
• rue Saint-Urbain · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “rue Saint-Urbain”
• rue Saint-Antoine · street · confidence 45% · street · former street name · found as “rue Craig”
• Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”

Correct the location

Format

Video

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

Digital objects at the source

• videoOpen original at source ↗DB-227_54-214-N-07_38272_WorkingCopy.movPlay here