A view of Montreal as seen from the helicopter of one of the radio stations that reports on rush-hour traffic movement. Spread out below are the ant-runs of the city—freeways, interchanges, bridges, downtown arteries—and on them the thousands of vehicles, like so many dinky-toys, moving with the flow or jammed in massive tie-ups. It is a seething, teeming spectacle, a unique view of the city, artfully filmed, with comments by the traffic guide, Len Rowcliffe.
Credits
producer/director
Barrie Howells
production company
National Film Board of Canada
Language
English
Duration
00:10:03:00
Colour
Colour
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
29688
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Aerial photography
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Montreal (Quebec)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Automobiles
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Express highways
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Design
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Traffic flow
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Transportation - Canada
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aerial photography
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Places → Montreal (Quebec)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Canada
Sound/audio
Sound
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)