Quebec Canada-1952: A Crowd Walks Down An Urban Street Flanked By Buildings And

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Year1952
Decade1950s
LocationQuebec, Canada
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1951 Canada

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A Crowd Walks Down An Urban Street Flanked By Buildings And — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1952, this vintage footage captures a bustling urban street in Quebec, Canada. The camera moves along a sunlit thoroughfare, flanked by grand stone buildings with arched windows and classical detailing. Pedestrians in mid-century attire walk along the sidewalks under a clear blue sky. Classic lampposts line the street, and distant signs and a clock tower add to the historic cityscape. The film exhibits natural grain and color saturation typical of home movies from the era, offering authentic archival footage of daily life in a Canadian city.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123334010

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Editorial only Direct license: editorial use only. Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.

Editorial use only; commercial use is not offered for this clip. Review the flags below for your editorial context.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1570 · 8mm · 7″ reel
Original reel label: dr. mc petersen
Reel-level year note: 1952
Reel-level location note: florida,washington dc,canada
Date: 1952 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Quebec, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Fits documentary or educational requests for early-1950s Canadian urban street life, mid-century commercial district architecture, and postwar pedestrian crowd footage.
Period detail: Classical masonry facades with arched windows, iron street lamps, and the film's vivid saturated color palette are consistent with an early-1950s Canadian urban streetscape.
Home-movie behavior: The street-level framing looking up along a building facade toward a crowd and distant tower suggests an amateur recording a busy city thoroughfare from the sidewalk.
What appears in frame: Large stone building with arched windows, iron street lamppost, crowd of pedestrians at mid-ground, illuminated commercial signs in the distance, a tower on the skyline, deep blue sky, and a circular decorative roundel on the facade.
Film character: Dense grain, vivid saturated blues, and compressed dynamic range are characteristic of 8mm color reversal stock from the early 1950s, giving the footage strong period texture.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or transitional cutaway in a documentary or drama set in a mid-century Canadian city, conveying scale, period street activity, and built environment.
Historical context: Dense pedestrian traffic and visible commercial signage in the background suggest a busy civic or shopping district, consistent with postwar urban growth in Canadian cities.
Research note: Multiple pedestrian faces are visible in the crowd; commercial signs appear in the background but are not legible at this resolution; standard archival clearance review is recommended.
Research search match: Researchers may query 1950s Canada street scene, postwar Canadian city, Quebec downtown 1952, mid-century pedestrians, classic Canadian urban architecture.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with other clips from this reel for continuity; then with 1950s Quebec or Canadian urban footage; then with mid-century crowd or commercial district scenes.

Still Frames From This Clip

Quebec city street circa 1952: classical masonry building with arched windows, iron lamppost, crowd of mid-century pedestrians, and illuminated signs against a deep blue sky. — Crowded urban street flanked by classical stone building, circa 1952 Quebec.

Early-1950s Canadian downtown: a large stone building with arched windows and decorative cornices, with commercial signs and a tower visible along the receding street. — Stone building facade with street receding toward a distant tower, circa 1952 Quebec.

1950s Canadian city street: close view of classical masonry building with arched windows, a circular decorative roundel at ground level, and a tower in the distance under blue sky. — Stone building facade with circular roundel; street recedes toward a distant tower.

1950s Quebec street scene: classical stone building facade with a circular roundel, arched windows, and a tower in the mid-distance against a saturated blue sky. — Building facade with circular roundel; distant tower visible along the street.

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