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- Swift BOATING SHOT of water flowing by camera boat, construction barge and tree-covered banks in the distance
Swift BOATING SHOT of water flowing by camera boat, construction barge and tree-covered banks in the distance
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Swift BOATING SHOT of water flowing by camera boat, construction barge and tree-covered banks in the distanceSTK-ID 51461 · 1953 · 7 min 24 s, 35mm neg b&wOpen video file ↗
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- Held by
- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots
- Dates
- 1953 (indexed as 1953)
- Level
- item (source: Stock shot)
- Extent
- 7 min 24 s, 35mm neg b&w
- Scope & content
- Swift BOATING SHOT of water flowing by camera boat, construction barge and tree-covered banks in the distance. HAS of winch and winch operator as pilings are lowered into place. Cut to workers guiding winch operator as pilings are lowered into place. Cut back to winch operator. General shots of operation. Three MLSs from side and stern of McNamara construction barge in mid-stream. Two HASs of start of construction of causeway, truck dumping fill into water as large power shovel loads other trucks in foreground. Several shots of engineers at work on river bank. MLS of rapids on Saint Lawrence River, brush in foreground. Sequence showing cofferdam pilings being hoisted up by crane, being lowered into place as workmen stand by. Français : PLAN TRAVELLING rapide EN BATEAU, on voit l'eau jaillir au côté du bateau, au loin une barge de construction et des berges recouvertes d'arbres. P en PL d'un treuil et de son conducteur alors que des palplanches sont descendues en place. Coupe à des travailleurs guidant le conducteur de treuil pendant que les palplanches sont descendues en place. Retour au plan du conducteur de treuil. Plans généraux de l'opération. Trois PG à partir du côté et de l'arrière d'une barge de construction McNamara au milieu du courant. Deux P en PL du début de la construction d'une digue, un camion effectue un déversement dans l'eau pendant qu'au premier plan, une grande pelle mécanique charge d'autres camions. Quelques plans d'ingénieurs au travail sur une berge du fleuve. PG de rapides sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent, au premier plan, on aperçoit des broussailles. Séquence montrant des palplanches de batardeau soulevées par une grue, descendues en place pendant que des travailleurs attendent.
- Places
- Montreal
- Location
- 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
- 2026-10-21T07:34:36Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb
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- videoOpen original at source ↗DB-501_53-351-N-07_51461_WorkingCopy.movPlay here