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Canada's Metropolis

Item number (ISN):

159810

Series title:

Seeing Canada

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1921/1922 ?

Item number (ISN):

159810

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

GRAPHIC CONSULTANTS LTD.

Accession:

1972-0105

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1921/1922 ?

Production company:

Department of Trade and Commerce Exhibits and Publicity Bureau

Country of production:

cn

Description:

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Travelogue of the city of Montreal, Quebec. Sequences and shots of: Château de Ramezay, once the home of the French Governor and the centre of Canadian political and social life, and now a storehouse of priceless relics from former days; Mount Royal Summit Park with a horse drawn carriage entering the park; two young women, all dressed up for Sunday, standing and admiring a horse tied to a tree; four-horse drawn omnibus coach riding on a road in the park with a passenger sitting on top of the coach enjoying the ride; pedestrians strolling around the park; horse drawn carriages; two young women looking down towards the city from the official "Look Out" circled by stone bannisters; general view of the "Look Out"; pan to city of Montreal below; various large, expensive homes on the foothills of Mount Royal; statue of horse in Montreal park; La Commission Des Écoles Catholiques; Royal Victoria Hospital and the Ross Memorial; Montreal Public Library; "Mother House" of the Black Nuns; the chapel of Frère André; McGill University and two horse-drawn carriages entering the university grounds; Montreal's Parc La Fontaine district with a monument of Dollard des Ormeaux, May 1660; children feeding ducks in a pond in a park; band stand in a park with two women walking near a small natural waterfall; ships in Montreal's harbour and the jetty alongside; Victoria Jubilee Bridge across the St. Lawrence; a train travelling across Victoria Bridge; and a view along Victoria Bridge showing the overhead steel construction with railroad trucks in the foreground. Also, sequences of Marché Bonsecours and McGill University; views of the harbour; scenes of Place d'Armes, Église Notre-Dame, the Stock Exchange, City Hall, Jacques-Cartier Square, Dominion Square, and the Basilica; and scenes of the docks and granaries. <9mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Original number:

1243~1244

Notes:

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1. Listed as film No. 156 in the CGMPB 1926 Catalogue.~2. See also ISN 20804.~3. Crown material over 50 years - copyright expired.~4. Date of production is estimated from the following information: This title is listed in the Department of Trade and Commerce annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 1922, under the section for the Exhibits and Publicity Bureau, in list of film subjects produced and released since the last annual report was compiled.~5. Listed as film number 62 in the Catalogue of Motion Pictures Produced By the Canadian Government Motion Picture Bureau, 1926.

Genre:

TRAVELOGUE

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

151593

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-1243
GC-1244

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

321395

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9902-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

GC-1243
GC-1244

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

321401

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-1244/A

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

321402

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-1244/B

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

330438

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9904-0118

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9902-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

333112

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9905-0045

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

9902-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

433984

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2006-12-0004

Number of items:

1

Duration:

120:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

956949

Format:

FILM

Location number:

GC-1244/C

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

REL PRT

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

981075

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2006-12-0006

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

9304-0012
9804-0014
9804-0007
9804-0008
9904-0118
7709-0906
8701-0040
8210-0038
8210-0037
8210-0023
7301-3771
2002-12-0036

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2006-12-0004

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Donor restrictions:

The permission of Library and Archives Canada is required to reproduce this title.

Copyright status:

Copyright expired.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of Library and Archives Canada

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