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Transportation (8)

  • Circulation à Montréal (Part 1)
    Circulation à Montréal (Part 1)
    Bernard Devlin 1955 15 min
    In a city the size of Montreal with thousands and thousands of motorized vehicles, traffic problems are difficult to solve. Here is a panorama of such problems. This film includes an interview with Mayor Jean Drapeau, when Montreal was still the metropolis of Canada.
  • City Center and Pedestrians
    City Center and Pedestrians
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    Michel Régnier 1974 56 min
    This film focusses on the approaches that several cities have taken to one problem. Through various examples, it examines the implications and options for a pedestrian-oriented city core.
  • Flowers on a One-way Street
    Flowers on a One-way Street
    Robin Spry 1968 57 min
    Yorkville Avenue, Toronto, received newspaper prominence after it became what the papers called a "hippie haven." This film records what happened after the young people staged demonstrations to have the street closed to traffic, and civic authorities used corresponding persuasions to keep it open as a necessary traffic artery. The main confrontation takes place at a council meeting in City Hall, to which spokesmen for the young people have come to present their case. Here the film provides opportunity to judge both their attitudes and those of the city administration.
  • Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 2: The City: Cars or People?
    Lewis Mumford on the City, Part 2: The City: Cars or People?
    Christopher Chapman Jean-Claude Chiabaut , … 1963 27 min
    This short documentary is part of a series hosted by American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology, and literary critic Lewis Mumford, who was particularly noted for his study of cities and urban architecture. This episode presents a study of an old but still-growing problem: how to ensure the city is accessible to all without allowing cars to make it congested and uninhabitable.
  • Mobility
    Mobility
    Roger Hart 1986 36 min
    This short documentary examines the complex range of issues affecting urban transport in developing countries. After examining cost and available technology, as well as the different needs of the industrialized middle class and the urban poor, the film proposes some surprising solutions.
  • Regina Telebus
    Regina Telebus
    Rex Tasker 1973 19 min
    This short film from 1973 offers a report on Regina's successful experiment with dial-a-bus, a flexible service midway between a bus and a taxi. The idea is to provide passengers with door-to-destination transportation at an affordable cost.
  • Trafficopter
    Trafficopter
    Barrie Howells 1972 10 min
    This short film is a portrait of Montreal as seen from a local radio station's traffic helicopter. Freeways, interchanges, bridges and downtown arteries are laid out in miniature. A seething, teeming spectacle, this film presents a unique view of the city with comments by the traffic guide, Len Rowcliffe.
  • Where Do We Go from Here?
    Where Do We Go from Here?
    James Carney 1973 22 min
    Toronto is the example used in this film, which deals not only with the mechanics of urban transportation, but also with many of the underlying political and economic tensions. Perhaps more important than any answers it offers, are the questions it raises.