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1949 EDITION 917.1384-917.15 NIAGARA FRONTIER — Continued growing in abundance. The Great Lakes are ideal fishing grounds, and the peninsula's giant transformer stations are arsenals of hydroelectric power. At the crossroads of intercontinental shipping lanes, the Niagara Peninsula has become a port of call for ocean-going steamers, while train traffic from all places in the Western hemisphere converges to cross over the six international bridges 917.1384 Ottawa OTTAWA ON THE RIVER, CanNFB 1942 ISmin sd color $160, rent $5 917.1384 el-jh-sh-ad The spires of Ottawa's government buildings outlined against the sky open this color film. But Ottawa is a city of people. They have made of their home a planned city, with streets running out from the central area they cai! the Plaza. They have built the beautiful driveways, bordered them with trees and parks and they live here, play, go to school, marry and work here Lumbering Is significant to the development of Ottawa and many men of Ottawa work In the mills at neighboring Hull. Twenty thousand of her citizens are employed in government offices. The children play baseball in vacant lots and regale themselves on hot popcorn. Housewives choose crisp vegetables and new eggs from the farmers' market just below the House of Parliament Race and religion meet and mingle. There Is a quaint old French section, called Lower Town, and a newer English section called Upper Town In summer many swim going up the Gatineau. In spring they go on picnics and in fall they walk in a blaze of autumn color. Winter brings snow tliat brings Joy to the hearts of the children. They build themselves skating rinks by pouring water on the ground to freeze and then skate and skate. Men wltl large, horse-drawn sleighs shovel snow off the streets and out on the hills the skiers swarm for miles This film outlines the life of a people against a panorama of dignified government buildings and changing seasons 917.14 Quebec AUTUMN TRIP AROUND THE ISLAND OF ORLEANS. QueTour&PubBur 1944 16min si b&w or color loan 917.14 jh-sh-c-ad A visit to the island in the St Lawrence river BYWAYS OF NEW FRANCE. QueTour&Pub Bur 1941 lOmin sd loan 917.14 Jh-sh "Takes the audience on an Imaginary trip through the Province of Quebec, beginning with the city of Quebec and continuing through the Gasp6 and other outlying districts. Much stress is placed on the life of the inhabitants and their agricultural pursuits. "Lumbering, spinning, weaving and canoe building are shown. There are picturesque scenes of the outdoor ovens and of the many wayside shrines which dot the landscape. "This is a fine film for classes of all ages, studying the Province of Quebec, and It would make an excellent background for students reading Louis H6mon's 'Maria Chapdelalne.' " Movie makers GASPE TOUR. CanNatRy 25min sd color loan 917.14 jh-sh-c-ad This eolor film shows the quaint old world villages where wood-carving, rug-making and other native crafts still flourish Starting from Mont Joli there are glimpses of hotels, golf courses and other modernities side by side with customs of centuries ago The birds of Canada's great seafowl sanctuary and hardy fisher folk at their work contribute their interest to the story HISTORIC AND ROMANTIC QUEBEC. Que Tour&PubBur lOmin sd loan 917.14 jh-sh-c-ad "An American tourist. , .reaches Quebec via the St. Lawrence ferry, views numerous historical monuments, sites and buildings and the quaint, narrow, storied streets of Quebec, and then journeys on to the Laurentides National Park and the summer and winter resorts of Lac Beauport." Georgia PERCE AND BONAVENTURE ISLAND. Que Tour&PubBur 14min si loan 917.14 jh-sh-c-ad "The film takes one to the famous Rocher Perc6, which lies off the village of Perc6 — a gorgeous mass of limestone rising out of the sea with perpendicular cliffs 286 feet high. "Then one visits Bonaventure Island, lying three miles off shore, a bird sanctuary of thousands of gannets. gulls, cormorants, kittlwakes, puffins, murres, etc." Georgia PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. EBF 1932 15mln si $24 917.14 el-jh Guide Shows the Saguenay River region of the Laurentian Uplands, pulp and paper mills, backwoods life; the Lower St Lawrence, Cape Gasp6, the fishing industry, Murray Bay, Ste Anne de Beaupr6, Quebec, and asbestos mines: the Upper St. Lawrence, picturesque FrenchCanadian "habitants," and Montreal "Our schools use this a great deal because there is so little available material." Collaborator PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. TFC llmin sd apply 917.14 el-jh Produced by Columbia Pictures Corp. "A film with unusually good commentary showing Montreal In panorama, street scenes in the city itself, and views of Important land marks. "The camera travels among the Laurentian mountains to the city of Quebec showing the Plains of Abraham, the picturesque French streets and outstanding buildings in the Imposing city. "The Journey then continues to the mouth of the Saguenay River down the Gaspe Peninsula through French towns where the villagers are spinning and weaving." Advisory committee QUEBEC. LibraryFlm 1938 llmin sd (Vagabond adventures) $27 917,14 Jh-sh Narration is by Alois Havrilla "Good travelogue on Quebec but Its only use would probably be in recreational or semirecreational way. Includes shots of Quebec from a distance; Narrow streets of Quebec; Break-neck stairs; Shots of cannons and shots of statue of Cartier; All notices and signs In two languages; Basilica; Government offlces; Shots of frozen falls; Scenes of churches; Scenes of old women spinning." Collaborator 917.15 New Brunswick GRAND MANAN. CanNFB 1943 lOmln sd $25, rent $1.50; also color $75, rent $2.50 917.15 jh-sh-c-ad A story of the herring fishermen of New Brunswick's most southerly outpost, the island of Grand Manan Cod, haddock, hake, herring, and sardines provide chief livelihood 599