STK-ID 38269

Montreal buildings: various shots of buildings in vicinity of Place d'Armes Square. PAN across lower facade of Notre-Dame Church, TILT UP church. LAMLS of Maisonneuve monument in Place d'Armes, tall buildings in background. Shot of cross on Seminary of Saint-Sulpice, TILT DOWN to bell, clock and to street level. TRAVELLING HASs of buildings, facades and roofs along Sainte-Catherine Street in the vicinity of Peel Street. MLS of window washer at work on windows of large building. TRAVELLING LAS along store signs on Notre-Dame Street as far as Saint-James Building. TILT UP and TILT DOWN Notre-Dame du Bonsecours Church. LAMS and MLSs of Marché Bonsecours. TRAVELLING SHOT along street past imposing old buildings, Saint-James Cathedral (today Queen Mary of the World) and Queen Elizabeth Hotel, mansions, Montreal General Hospital and several apartment houses. Slow TRAVELLING LAS of cupola of Saint-James Cathedral, of Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Shot of traffic on Dorchester Boulevard (René-Lévesque Boulevard), TILT UP to Sun Life Building. Shots of Dominion Square, TILT UP to Sun Life Building.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
A Is for Architecture
Location
Montreal
Year
1954
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Bétacam, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486