PERSONAL RECORD. MACEWAN, IAN. TO QUEBEC AND MONTREAL FROM LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY OCTOBER 11TH 1929

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Year
1929
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F16416
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Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1929
Reference
F16416
Media type
Moving image
Item unavailable online
Categories
Amateur
Duration
0:11:31

069:30 Piece of paper reading “TO QUEBEC AND MONTREAL FROM LIVERPOOL Friday October 11, 1929: Commander R.N. STUART V.C., D.S.O., R.N.R.”; picture of a passenger liner; “STEAMSHIP DUCHESS OF YORK 20000 Gross Tons”; view from the boat as it pulls away from the wharf; another ship sailing by; passengers playing games on deck (shuffle board?); medium close ups of passengers socialising on deck; the ship going under an iron bridge; people walking through a park (?).
072:07 A programme of an interprovincial rugby match (the game looks more like American Football, however): Argonauts [vs?] Montreal; the players on the field; the crowd; women taking off their clothes on the side of the field (and a brief shot of them having a sprinting race); crowds on the field.
073:25 A steam train passing by; a large house (hotel?) and its grounds; people sitting on the verandah, smoking cigarettes; a view of a golf links; a car with ‘The Belmont’ written on the door; busy street of a large city; scenes and buildings around the city (possibly New York?); a skyscraper; looking down on a city street from a tall building; driving along a busy street; pedestrians on the footpath.
076:51 Niagara Falls; views from different vantage points around the Falls (including a tunnel under the falls? and a shot of a cable car crossing the water).
079:05 Pan over a crowd gathered around a football field before a game; marching bands on the field; the game in progress and men leading cheers from the sidelines; closing titles reading “PAT WARD FILMS”.
081:01 Last picture frame.