{"id":1143,"date":"2008-07-23T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T20:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/07\/23\/montreal-in-the-1950s-and-60s\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:27:47","slug":"montreal-in-the-1950s-and-60s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/07\/23\/montreal-in-the-1950s-and-60s\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal in the 1950s and 60s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><embed src=\"http:\/\/media1.nfb.ca\/medias\/flash\/ONFflvplayer-gama.swf\" width=\"516\" height=\"337\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" autostart=\"false\" autoplay=\"false\" flashvars=\"mID=IDOBJ622&#038;bufferTime=10&#038;width=516&#038;height=337&#038;image=http:\/\/media1.nfb.ca\/medias\/nfb_tube\/thumbs_large\/2008\/memories-of-angels.jpg&#038;autostart=false&#038;autoplay=false&#038;showWarningMessages=false&#038;streamNotFoundDelay=15&#038;lang=en&#038;getPlaylistOnEnd=true&#038;playlist_id=REL622&#038;embeddedMode=true\"><\/embed><\/p>\n<p>The NFB is about to release <i>La m\u00e9moire des anges<\/i>, a new film by Luc Bourdon about life in 1950s and 60s Montreal, created by stitching together footage from the NFB&#8217;s vast archives. If this trailer is any indication, it will be an absolutely fascinating look at a city that, for all intents and purposes, no longer exists. The Montreal you see here is brash and cocky, a self-assured metropolis still unaware that it would be forced to suffer a prolonged existential crisis in the 1970s, 80s and 90s. <\/p>\n<p><i>Thanks to Kate from Montreal City for the <a href=\"http:\/\/w5.montreal.com\/mtlweblog\/2008\/07\/film-trailer-for-upcoming-montreal.html\">heads up<\/a>!<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NFB is about to release La m\u00e9moire des anges, a new film by Luc Bourdon about life in 1950s and 60s Montreal, created by stitching together footage from the NFB&#8217;s vast archives. 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