Mr. Till. Reel 1.
- Date:
- 1939
- Film
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This is the first of 4 reels comprising of Mr Till's home movies. This amateur film in black and white and colour with intertitles covers Montreal (dockside in winter with ice in the harbour), Toronto General Hospital (GVs and various pans outside) and other locations in this part of his tour. In colour, Professor W. E. Gallie walks confidently to camera on a bright sunny day in the gardens of the hospital. Various onlookers acknowledge the camera. Professor W. Boyd walks past with a colleague. There are long shots in the hospital wards; the first shots are too dark and the following ones are over exposed. Dr Shenston performs a lobectomy (although the surgical team are visible neither the operation nor the patient are). This is followed by footage of Dr Roscoe Graham. There are other views within the hospital. Dr Gordon Murray wiring a fractured clavicle follows (in black and white). Till visits Niagara Falls (from the Canadian side); there are some spectacular shots from various vantage points. Next, on to the lakes at Ontario viewed from above and then from a boat. A train pulls into the station after the intertitle 'Ann Arbor, University of Michigan'; the university is set within stunning lush greenery. Till then visits, Chicago, with views around Michigan Boulevard, then drivin. At some point he crosses the Mississippi and pauses to film it. There are rural scenes. The Mayo Clinic in Rochester is visited; there are a number of establishing shots including some curious children. There are many cars parked. An operation taking place in a training theatre is filmed from above.
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