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Montreal Canada-1950: Jacques-Cartier Bridge Water View

  • Year1950
  • Decade1950s
  • LocationMontreal, Canada
  • Duration6s
  • Price$149 USD
  • Collection1951 Canada
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Jacques-Cartier Bridge Water View — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1950, this vintage home movie captures the iconic Jacques-Cartier Bridge in Montreal, Canada, viewed from a moving vessel. The distinctive steel truss structure stretches across the water under a pale blue sky, with the city skyline visible in the distance. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 characteristics: soft focus, subtle color fading, and film grain, offering a nostalgic glimpse of mid-century Montreal. The camera pans slightly, revealing the bridge's full span and its massive concrete piers rising from the water. This archival clip is ideal for historical documentaries, retro-themed projects, or .

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format
8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution
4K Digitally Restored
License
Royalty-Free Direct from Stockfilm
Delivery
Instant Digital Download
Duration
6s
Price
$149 USD
Clip ID
127475981

Rights & Clearance

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

  • People visible: No
  • Logos / trademarks: No
  • Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel
Reel 1216 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label
st. lawrense river,tadoussac
Reel-level year note
1950
Reel-level location note
montreal canada
Date
1950 Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Date evidence
Catalog year matches an independent year note filed with the physical source reel.
Location
Montreal, Canada Corroborated (Supported by multiple independent clues.)
Location evidence
Catalog place matches an independent location note filed with the physical source reel.
Licensing route
Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Topics & Keywords

  • scenic
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  • 1950
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  • Super 8 home movie
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  • old film
  • historical footage
  • documentary clip
  • retro Canada
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  • Montreal 1950
  • scenic water view
  • classic film
  • nostalgic footage

Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit
1950s Montreal bridge footage for documentary inserts, travel-history segments, and archival cutaways needing a moving water-level view of the Jacques-Cartier Bridge.

Still Frames From This Clip

1950 Montreal home-movie frame showing the Jacques-Cartier Bridge crossing water, with a distant shoreline and skyline at left.
The bridge span crosses the water with the city faintly visible in the distance.

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