STK-ID 20645

[Title: Queen of the Coast] : Shots of Grand Trunk passenger train pulling into Vancouver Station, passengers flocking out of concourse. Exterior shot of station. PAN of Vancouver. Various shots around Vancouver showing high school, court building, Hastings and Granville Streets with streetcars and vintage automobiles. Shots of post office and of stately homes. Shot of touring car driving through artistic archway and past camera. HAS of beach at English Bay, many bathers. Shot of cars driving through Stanley Park. Two shots of Lumbermen's arch built entirely of large British Columbian timber. Sequence on cathedral grove, towering firs, tourists strolling through, including shot of girl writing on one of huge trunks. Shots of park and of pavilion. Shot of large open bus taking tourists to Capilano Canyon where sightseers look into chasm from point look-out. Shots of tourists crossing canyon on 400 foot suspension foot bridge. Shot of Canyon View Hotel and of two open touring buses leaving. [titles interspersed]

DETAILS

Excerpt from
The Queen of the Coast
Location
Vancouver (city)
Year
1920
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Video Disk, Reel 35 mm, Digital Bétacam
Shooting format
35mm dupe neg b&w, 35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486