Tadoussac Quebec-1950: Pan Along a White Canada Steamship Lines Steamer Docked at a Wharf

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Year1950
Decade1950s
LocationTadoussac, Quebec, Canada
Duration10s
Price$149 USD
Collection1950 · Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada

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What is in this clip

steamship travel
river cruising
mid-century tourism
passenger shipping
arrival at the wharf
summer holiday
Canadian maritime heritage

Shot type: wide
Camera: pan · handheld · eye level from the wharf, looking slightly up at the ship
Setting: outdoor · river wharf with a docked passenger steamer below a steep forested hill
Time and weather: day · summer · clear
Lighting: bright direct sunlight with deep shadows under the decks
People: 25 · Small, distant figures of passengers standing along the rails of several decks, a few crew or passengers near the wheelhouse, and several people standing on the wharf in the foreground; none is close enough to make out a face.
Vehicles: passenger steamer
Objects: hull lettering · portholes · wheelhouse · deck railings · life rings · lifeboats · funnel · mast · mooring line · wharf
Readable signs: CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES · TADOUSSAC
Colors: blue · white · dark green · red · black
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The bow of the white steamer fills the frame, with 'CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES' and 'TADOUSSAC' on the hull and a forested hill behind.
The pan moves right to the wheelhouse and upper decks, where passengers stand at the rails.
The deckhouse windows and three tiers of open deck pass, with figures standing on the wharf below.
The red, white and black funnel and the lifeboats on their davits come into view.

Pan Along a White Canada Steamship Lines Steamer Docked... — Clip Details

Probably Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950 home movie footage of a white Canada Steamship Lines passenger steamer lying at a wharf. The shot opens on the bow, where black hull lettering reads 'CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES' and 'TADOUSSAC', with a steep forested hill behind. The camera pans slowly right past the wheelhouse and three open decks with passengers at the rails to the red, white and black funnel, while figures stand on the dark wharf in the foreground. Handheld 8mm colour film with a strong blue cast.

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: 10s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000482

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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 record not linked for this clip
Date: 1950 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Tadoussac, Quebec, Canada Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers requests for colour footage of a named Canada Steamship Lines passenger steamer in service on the lower St. Lawrence around 1950, for shipping, tourism and Quebec history productions.
Period detail: A white multi-deck river steamer with open promenade decks, lifeboats on davits and a red, white and black funnel carries the painted names 'CANADA STEAMSHIP LINES' and 'TADOUSSAC'.
Home-movie behavior: A traveller films the ship from the wharf, starting on the painted name and sweeping along to the funnel, the way a passenger records the boat that brought them.
What appears in frame: The white bow with black lettering and portholes, a rounded wheelhouse, three tiers of railed deck with passengers, lifeboats, a banded funnel, people on the wharf and a forested hill.
Film character: Handheld 8mm colour film with soft focus, visible grain and a strong blue cast over the whites and shadows, against which the red of the funnel stands out.
Edit role: Works as an establishing shot or arrival beat for a steamer journey, and as an identifying insert because the line and ship names are readable.
Historical context: The steamer Tadoussac, built in 1928, served Canada Steamship Lines until the 1965 season, calling at the resort village where the company also ran the Hotel Tadoussac.
Research note: Company and ship names are legible on the hull and distant unidentified people appear on deck and wharf; copyright in the film is separate from any trademark, likeness or property interests.
Research search match: Canada Steamship Lines steamer Tadoussac, 1950s St. Lawrence passenger ship, Saguenay cruise home movie, Quebec wharf 8mm colour film, river steamer with passengers at the rails.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the hotel lawn and flower garden clips from the same reel, then its Jacques Cartier Bridge river view, then other circa 1950 Quebec or steamship travel footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Bow of the Canada Steamship Lines steamer Tadoussac at a wharf, probably Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950, with hull lettering, portholes and a forested hill. — The bow of the steamer Tadoussac, with the Canada Steamship Lines name painted on the white hull, probably at Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950.
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Wheelhouse and open decks of the Canada Steamship Lines steamer Tadoussac with passengers at the rail, lower St. Lawrence, Quebec, circa 1950. — The pan reaches the wheelhouse and forward decks, where passengers gather at the rail above the wharf, circa 1950.
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Midship decks of a white Canada Steamship Lines passenger steamer with people on the wharf, probably Tadoussac, Quebec, circa 1950. — Three tiers of deck along the steamer's side, with passengers aboard and two figures on the wharf in the foreground, circa 1950.
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Red, white and black funnel and lifeboats of the Canada Steamship Lines steamer Tadoussac, with passengers on deck, Quebec, circa 1950. — The pan ends on the steamer's banded funnel and lifeboats, with a lone figure on the top deck and people waiting on the wharf, circa 1950.
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