STK-ID 32366

Front TRAVELLING SHOT along street, paper streamers hanging from windows. Shots of streamers and papers flowing down onto street, cars and people moving by. HASs of Royal Canadian Air Force band preceeding parade in street, of RCAF parading, of teenage boy throwing roll of toilet paper in RCAF Women's Division parading, paper wrapinf itself around one WD. HASs of parade, including "Victory Bond" float passing by camera. MLS of crowd in front of Cenotaph, waving. Various shots of happy, cheering people crowding Spark Street, many streamers, including vertical HAS over band parading in street. Various shots of newspaper going along press, headline "Japs Give Up". Various shots of girls throwing papers from windows, of papers falling down onto street, of parade moving along street, many spectators along route, of parade arriving at Parliament Hill, TILT UP Peace Tower. HASs of parade in streets showing floats, Highlanders, servicemen and women, Royal Canadian Mounted Police. TILT DOWN Peace Tower to crowd on Parliament Hill. CS of RCMP marching band parading past camera.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
V.E. Day Celebrations
Location
Ottawa
Year
1945
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486