- Title: V-1381
- Summary: TORONTO: BOOM TOWN: TORONTO CANADA, 1951
- Description:01:48:20 - INDUSTRIAL SHOTS. OIL DERRICK. CONSTRUCTION. DRILL. TREES FALLING. CRANE DIGS. TWO-MAN SAW. YONGE ST. MISSION. BOOM TOWN. 01:48:43 - AERIAL OF SPRAWLING TORONTO CITY. 01:48:50 - HISTORY. HISTORIC RECREATION OF 1800S. DAPPER MAN PAUSES TO ADMIRE STATUE OF THE QUEEN. DOFFS HAT IN DEFERENCE. PLAYS WITH MUSTACHE. STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA 01:49:12 - CHILDREN PLAY AROUND STATUE. OF SIR SANDFORD FLEMMING. 01:49:20 - CU MAN CHECKS HIS TIMEPIECE POCKET WATCH TO HIS EAR. BESIDE PLAQUE: THE BIRTHPLACE OF STANDARD TIME. 01:49:25 - EMPTY TORONTO STREETS ON SUNDAY. 01:49:31 - VAUDEVILLE COMICS MAKE JOKES ABOUT SUNDAY IN TORONTO. TOURISTS. 01:49:51 - PASSENGERS DISEMBARK TRANS-CANADA AIR LINES PLANE. TORONTO AIRPORT 01:50:01 - VISITOR LOOKS AROUND BIG CITY IN AWE. MAN WITH SUITCASE CROSSES BUSTLING CITY STREET. ELECTRIC TROLLEY BUS. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 01:50:23 - CANADIAN FOOTBALL GAME AT VARSITY STADIUM. FOOTBALL UNIFORMS CIRCA 1951. CU ROARING CHEERING FANS 01:50:41 - MARQUEES: SUNDAY LACROSSE. 01:50:44 - TOURISTS AT CASTLE LOMA. EUROPEAN-STYLE CASTLE NOW A MUSEUM. RUBE LOOKS AROUND IN AWE 01:50:59 - NIGHTLIFE IN TORONTO. NEON. TAVERN SIGNS. THE HORSESHOE. THE FAMOUS DOOR TAVERN. TOWN AND COUNTRY 01:51:19 - BAR AND RESTAURANT. TWO GUYS AT BAR TALK ABOUT THE CITY. AMERICAN SAYS IT'S LIKE CLEVELAND. CLICHE "..A GREAT TOWN FOR A VISIT, BUT IT'S TOO BIG FOR ME, I WOULDN'T LIVE HERE IF YOU GAVE ME THE PLACE" 01:51:54 - VIEW FROM CASTLE LOMA. 01:52:10 - DOWNTOWN SLUMS. TENEMENT CHILDREN PLAY IN THE DIRT. MOTHER GRABS A CHILD. SIT STILL 01:52:17 - REGENT PARK BEING REBUILT. PAN NEW HOUSING UNDER CONSTRUCTION 01:52:40 - AERIAL OF SUBURB DEVELOPMENTS. SPRAWL. BOOMING GROWTH 01:53:03 - TRAIN YARDS. DISTRIBUTION CENTER. EXPORT MARKETS. STEAM SHOVEL, FACTORIES. BUILDING INDUSTRY. 01:53:39 - CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SUBURBAN HOUSES. BUILDING HOMES. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. BLUE COLLAR. SAWING. HAMMERING. 01:53:53 - AERIAL TORONTO 1951 01:53:59 - CITY STREET TRAFFIC. LATE 1940s EARLY 1950s CARS. 01:54:10 - MAYOR MCCALLUM GIVING RADIO ADDRESS ON TRAFFIC. CFRB 01:54:19 - POLICEMEN SIGN IN AT THE STATION 01:54:24 - TRAFFIC POLICE ON MOTORCYCLES & IN CARS LEAVING THE STATION 01:54:37 - POLICEMAN DIRECTING TRAFFIC. CARS, ELECTRIC TROLLEY CARS HEAVY URBAN TRAFFIC. RUSH HOUR. 01:54:58 - ELECTRIC TROLLEY CARS, BAY STREET. 01:55:09 - TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TRADING FLOOR. FINANCE. STOCK BOARD 01:56:07 - INDUSTRIAL SEQUENCE. MAN ON BOAT POLES THROUGH CUT LOGS. LUMBER INDUSTRY. COAL MINERS AT WORK. DRILLING OIL. HYDROELECTRIC POWER. DAMS. INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE. 01:56:38 - TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE CIRCA 1951. TRADING FLOOR. 01:56:45 - CANADA'S FIRST SUBWAY. TORONTO SUBWAY BEING BUILT. ROADS TOTALLY DUG UP. PEOPLE WATCH CONSTRUCTION. SOUND BYTE, "WELL, I HOPE THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING." SKEPTIC. SCOTTISH ACCENT 01:57:46 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1951
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-1381