Canada - The St Lawrence Project
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 9
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: St Lawrence River Power Project. DESCRIPTION: A dam is being built across Canada’s most famous river, to harness its energy and convert it into power for new industrial developments. SHOTLIST: KS Aerial shot of the St Lawrence. Huge crane lowering steel strips into position. CU man guiding the operation of the crane. GV man guiding the operation of the crane. Water level shot of men working on one of the giant templates. View of the same thing from above. View across snow-covered banks of work in progress. Aerial view of the project as a whole. Aerial view (repeat of key scene).
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Engineering
- Locations
- Canada; Ontario; St Lawrence River
- Footage sources
- National Film Board of Canada
- Card file number
- 62710
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Geoffrey Sumner
- Length of story (in feet)
- 90
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How to cite this record
'Canada - The St Lawrence Project', British Movietone News Issue No. 1339, 31 Jan 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19815 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)