Clips of 1970s Montreal
February 25, 2007
I found a couple of short clips of Montreal in 1974 and 1975 on YouTube, posted by user sandyfoote. I like that these are amateur, street-level films; you get more of an impression of what the city was really like.
Of note in the first clip is the scene in the metro. You can see the ads and metro map up on the lights above the doors and walls, instead of on the walls where they are now. Check the “X-Map” of the original metro network near the top left of this capture:
1974
1975
We’ll have to go through this carefully to pinpoint locations. Calling jason67!
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Jason67 | February 25, 2007 at 9:52 pm
The first one is filmed at Place Ville Marie, ending in a metro car.
As for the second, it’s a little tougher.
I think it starts out in the Centre-Sud area.
There’s also a footage of a busy street with lots of stores, which I presume to be Saint Catherine.
I really don’t recognize the restaurant at the end, though. The Montreal Pool Room? Schwartz’s?
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Puck | February 25, 2007 at 9:54 pm
Yeah, PVM is obvious. I’ll have to take a much closer look; I posted these in a rush so I could get to the Oscars®.