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NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA / OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA: STOCK SHOTS

1977-0205

Film

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1920/1929

Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau

Establishing shots, some masked of Saint John, Toronto, Quebec City, Halifax, and Montreal. Sequences show traffic, public buildings, the Ontario Legislature in Toronto, Toronto harbour, the Citadelle in Quebec City as well as various monuments, Lower Town in Quebec City, the Plains of Abraham, etc. In Halifax there are views of new houses on the site of the 1917 Halifax explosion and of the harbour. An excursion steamer with side paddlewheels is shown on the St. Lawrence and views are seen on Montreal harbour. In Ottawa, masked shots of the pre-fire Parliament Buildings, the Library, the site of Confederation Square, the Chateau Laurier, and light traffic are seen. The final sequence is on the Winnipeg railway humpyard, an elevator, and a saw mill. <5mn>

Silent

1920-FG-9

Open

V1 8512-0028
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GAD 0FD579

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