Toronto subway construction

CU of sign 'Drive in theatre - Divine service', TILT DOWN to cars entering / crowd on sidewalk, pedestrians and onlookers watching subway construction / shots of men unloading timber from truck, cutting timber with power saw. HALS of subway construction on Yonge Street / LS from street level looking up Yonge Street at subway construction / looking down on Toronto freight yards, smoke visible coming from engines, Lake Ontario in distant background / looking down Yonge Street onto subway construction, cement trucks and mixers. MS of workers carrying plank used for shoring excavation / PAN right from billboard reading 'Canada's first subway under construction by Toronto Transportation Commission' to equipment at work, Royal York Hotel in immediate background. MS looking down into excavation, steam shovel at work on subway. Toronto subway construction on January 01, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario (Footage by Getty Images)
CU of sign 'Drive in theatre - Divine service', TILT DOWN to cars entering / crowd on sidewalk, pedestrians and onlookers watching subway construction / shots of men unloading timber from truck, cutting timber with power saw. HALS of subway construction on Yonge Street / LS from street level looking up Yonge Street at subway construction / looking down on Toronto freight yards, smoke visible coming from engines, Lake Ontario in distant background / looking down Yonge Street onto subway construction, cement trucks and mixers. MS of workers carrying plank used for shoring excavation / PAN right from billboard reading 'Canada's first subway under construction by Toronto Transportation Commission' to equipment at work, Royal York Hotel in immediate background. MS looking down into excavation, steam shovel at work on subway. Toronto subway construction on January 01, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario (Footage by Getty Images)
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DETAILS

Credit:
National Film Board - Footage
Editorial #:
154398021
Collection:
Archive Films: Editorial
Date created:
01 January, 1951
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:38:12
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm OCN 24p
Source:
Archive Films Editorial
Object name:
241951_24773-3_master.mov