Masked PAN of Quebec City from the citadel to the Saint Charles River from across the Saint Lawrence, Château Frontenac is visible

Held by

NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots

Dates

1920 (indexed as 1920)

Level

item (source: Stock shot)

Extent

59 s, 35mm fine grain b&w

Scope & content

Masked PAN of Quebec City from the citadel to the Saint Charles River from across the Saint Lawrence, Château Frontenac is visible. Two ferries are shown in distance, meeting at midstream. PAN from downtown district in Montreal to extreme LS of Victoria Bridge and district between, as seen from the Mount Royal lookout. HAS of Bank of Canada on Place d'Armes, many horses and buggies parked, a couple of automobiles, people moving about. HAS of Saint-Catherine Street, streetcars moving towards the camera. Cut to passenger train speeding past the camera. Français : PAN avec cache de Québec, de la Citadelle à la rivière Saint-Charles à travers le Saint-Laurent. Deux traversiers se rencontrent au loin, à mi-chemin du fleuve. PAN du centre de Montréal à un plan extrêmement éloigné du pont Victoria et de la zone visible depuis le belvédère du Mont-Royal. P en PL de la Banque du Canada, place d'Armes, de nombreux chevaux attelés à des calèches stationnées, quelques automobiles, des gens qui circulent. P en PL de la rue Sainte-Catherine, de tramways qui se dirigent vers la caméra. Coupure à un train de passager qui passe à vive allure devant la caméra.

Places

Saint Lawrence River; Old Montreal; Quebec City

Location

• place d' Armes · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Place d'Armes”
• rue Sainte-Catherine · street · confidence 50% · street · found as “Saint-Catherine Street”
• Québec, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Quebec City”

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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

2026-10-17T06:33:23Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb

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