STK-ID 946

Fine low level AERIAL SHOT of downtown Vancouver showing the Marine Building, the Birks Building and the old Hotel Vancouver. Various shots of buildings: Marine Building, the new Hotel Vancouver, the Hudson's Bay Company building at the corner of Georgia and Granville, the Marine Building in background with Hastings Street in foreground, the old Hotel Vancouver with clock, the Georgia Hotel, the Devonshire Hotel, the Medical Arts buildings, etc. An open-air sightseeing streetcar passes by the camera. Shot of conductor Teddy Lyons collecting tickets. TRAVELLING SHOTs of city streets: Granville Street principally. TRAVELLING SHOT of cenotaph on Hastings Street. HAS of city looking north.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
After Fifty Years
Location
Vancouver (city)
Year
1936
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Video Disk, Reel 35 mm, Digital Bétacam
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486