Collection search - Montreal the Romantic Metropolis of French Canada

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Montreal the Romantic Metropolis of French Canada

Item number (ISN):

23031

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1923 ?

Item number (ISN):

23031

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Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE, THE

Accession:

1972-0102

Media:

Film

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1923 ?

Production company:

Associated Screen News Ltd.

Production credit:

director, B.E. Norrish; photography, John M. Alexander; titles/editing, Terry Ramsaye

Description:

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This film narrates a tour of many places of interest in Montreal, often providing historical information as well. The tour begins with the naming of Montreal by Jacques Cartier, and views of the city. On the site of what was once Hochelaga, the film shows the grounds of McGill Universtiy and a cricket match. The tour continues with the following points of interest: Custom House, once the site of a mission, established by Paul de Chomedy, Sieur de Maissonneuve; the city's busy port and the arrival of ocean liners; grain elevators and warehouses along the waterfront; trainyards; the statue of the Virgin at Notre Dame de Bonsecours; Bonsecours market with merchants and customers, young and old; the residence of Claude de Ramezay; a paperboy on a corner; the Place d'Armes and a statue of Maissonneuve; Notre Dame de Montreal; Windsor Station; Dominion Square; horse carriages and taxicabs; trolley charabane; St. Catherine Street; mansions; Royal Victoria Hospital; Shrine of St. Joseph and its founder, Brother Andre; yachtsmen on Lac St. Louis. The film concludes with shots of a steamship passing through the Lachine Rapids. <10mn 44s>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

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1. Original version tinted and toned.~2. Ben Norrish, the creator of this film, died 29 August 1961.
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 9102-0009
V1 2006-11-0030

Copyright status:

Under copyright until 2012.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Astral Media.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of donor~The contact persons at the AFI as of December 1996 are Susan Dalton and Zorin Sinobad, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. 20566. Telephone (202) 252-3120; FAX (202) 252-3126.

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