Seeing Canada, Canada's Queen City (1928)

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • This film is a heritage item from Library and Archives Canada and is only available in English.
    Travelogue of Toronto. Sequences on street scenes, traffic, pedestrians, and street cars. Panoramic shot of Toronto. Shots of Mary Pickford's birth place, the Legislature, and the Canadian National Exhibition.
    Source: Library and Archives Canada. Gordon H.N. Parker fonds, 1982-0199, IDC 7737.

Комментарии • 41

  • @yonathanasefaw9001
    @yonathanasefaw9001 3 года назад +5

    A blast from the past! Toronto looked better back then!

  • @markhughes3345
    @markhughes3345 7 лет назад +13

    Really great to see Old Toronto in motion. I usually just see the past via still photos. Thanks for posting this.

    • @leonardowessel3646
      @leonardowessel3646 6 месяцев назад

      Let me send you to those times in time machine. 🙌🏻

  • @rayjansons8033
    @rayjansons8033 6 лет назад +11

    Beautiful and amazing! Brings us back as Torontonians to a more innocent time doesn't it? Great memories ; especially for those families who can remember that far back !

  • @Carlosdagama8
    @Carlosdagama8 4 года назад +4

    Awesome. Thank you so much for putting this video out. :)

  • @mikedrown2721
    @mikedrown2721 2 года назад +2

    👍😊❤️All of those Peter Whitt streetcars.... nice!

  • @lazyorangehousecat9164
    @lazyorangehousecat9164 Год назад

    That was really beautiful. The ferris wheel was fun! Didn't expect that! I would love to see more footage of Toronto like this, but I know it must be rare. Thank you for the treat!

  • @mosantw2024
    @mosantw2024 4 года назад +2

    Mesmerizing video!

  • @cinthia9602
    @cinthia9602 4 года назад +8

    2:50, now it's Yonge and Dundas.

  • @pierrejefferson505
    @pierrejefferson505 3 года назад +3

    Amazing how time changes things! Looking back on these images reflects a era when people were more respectful of one another and dressed beautifully. Sadly our world today is totally different! people aren’t as friendly or moral. Hopefully society can learn from the past and apply certain ethics that surely held a high degree of social harmony.

  • @AbdiPianoChannel
    @AbdiPianoChannel 5 лет назад +8

    Toronto is the center of the universe. It's great meeting place. Toronto without the CN tower is like new born baby with alot less hair. Love you Toronto. The best city in whole wide world.

    • @cinthia9602
      @cinthia9602 4 года назад

      I second that :D

    • @mosantw2024
      @mosantw2024 4 года назад

      CN Tower was an engineering gem! The city's spirit!

    • @musicus11
      @musicus11 3 года назад +3

      The centre of the universe? The best city in the world? What drugs are you on!?

    • @AbdiPianoChannel
      @AbdiPianoChannel 3 года назад +1

      @@musicus11 lol I won't tell you

    • @chrisd4615
      @chrisd4615 3 года назад

      @@AbdiPianoChannel :)

  • @direktorpresident
    @direktorpresident 3 года назад +3

    Pretty much as Hemingway must have known it when he worked for the Toronto Star (1920-24)

  • @eyecomeinpeace2707
    @eyecomeinpeace2707 2 года назад +2

    Everybody gangsta till you tried living in that time period.

  • @isabelsanchez4839
    @isabelsanchez4839 2 года назад

    Que lindos estos archivos

  • @96Duelfuel
    @96Duelfuel 3 года назад +1

    Just goes to show, if you want to see horses and such, you have to go back even earlier. With the exception of a few, everything is cars...

  • @KerryEriksson
    @KerryEriksson 28 дней назад

    First time I heard Toronto being called the Queen city…

  • @glen6945
    @glen6945 2 года назад +1

    VERY GOOD FOOTAGE OF THE TRUTH

  • @darrylcpreston4043
    @darrylcpreston4043 4 года назад +2

    It's later than you think: No royal York in 1928.

    • @mtlicq
      @mtlicq 3 года назад

      sharp observation! Actually probably most of the structure and exterior envelope was mostly finished by late 28, and they still had to finish all the interior rooms before they could open for public use in Autumn 1929.

  • @thomassmith1922
    @thomassmith1922 Год назад

    Check out Mr. Grumpy at 8:58

  • @Alsatiagent
    @Alsatiagent Год назад

    "Toronto is a great place to raise a family. Or a plant." Buddy Cole.

    • @glen6945
      @glen6945 4 месяца назад

      well to fish

  • @lawrencelewis8105
    @lawrencelewis8105 4 года назад +2

    I think this is aimed at a British audience. Notice the emphasis on "Empire."

    • @eyecomeinpeace2707
      @eyecomeinpeace2707 2 года назад

      I know right? Well I am so glad we ain't part of that stuffy Empire no more.

  • @MrThirstysuperior
    @MrThirstysuperior 3 года назад +1

    look at all those people being out side on the street, sidewalk now it only 1/3 of it

  • @conganator5822
    @conganator5822 2 года назад

    I see massive Buildings made of Stone, maybe several hundreds of years old, like in europe. Look into the history of Canada...

  • @mandk6089
    @mandk6089 2 года назад +1

    Footage around the time the Leafs won the cup the last time.

  • @Turbogran
    @Turbogran 2 месяца назад

    Ah, when Canada was called a Dominion and we celebrated Dominion Day.

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 4 года назад +1

    What was Yonge and Finch looks like in those days ? Can my cow free to poo there ???

  • @jamesweekes4211
    @jamesweekes4211 3 года назад +1

    Can't be Toronto...no cranes, no condos...

  • @sylyjoly
    @sylyjoly 4 года назад +1

    Strong Opening Words LoL