The rear of the black limousine, with passengers seen through the windows and a boxcar on the sidings behind. Montreal, circa 1950.
1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The camera returns to the passenger compartment, where a person in red and another in a light jacket sit behind the glass — Montreal, Quebec, 1950
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- 1950
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- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Still 4 · 3.63s into the source clip
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Side view of a black late-1940s limousine carrying passengers, with a boxcar and factory behind, Montreal, circa 1950, on 8mm film.
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The pan reaches the front of the car: long bonnet, chrome grille and whitewall tyre, with flat freight cars on the sidings behind.
1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The furthest point of the pan shows the limousine's nose against the gravel lot, the fence and the grass bank of the rail yard.
1950 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Source footage and archive context
Montreal Quebec-1950: Black Limousine With Whitewall Tyres Parked Beside a Rail Yard
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Source format: 8mm home movie.
Browse the collection: 1950 Montreal Canada.
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Period detail
The limousine's rounded fenders, heavy chrome grille and wide whitewall tyres fit a body of about 1946-47, and the wooden boxcar and steel-sash factory windows suit the same era.
Film character
Colour 8mm with saturated blues in the black paint, flaring highlights on chrome and tyres, fine grain and a slightly unsteady handheld pan.
Historical context
A chauffeur-style limousine set against freight sidings and a factory shows a visitor's car in a working district of a port and rail city around 1950.
Research note
Copyright in the film is separate from likeness and property; passengers are small and soft behind glass, the car's make is unconfirmed, and the buildings are unnamed private property.
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