{"id":3489,"date":"2010-08-26T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingottawa.ca\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2013-01-21T09:27:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T14:27:40","slug":"vintage-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/ottawa\/2010\/08\/26\/vintage-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/U_VtFa34jLk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/U_VtFa34jLk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>We came across this little gem recently on YouTube &#8212; it&#8217;s a 1940s newsreel-style trailer, produced for MGM studios, created to show American movie audiences a little-known foreign capital city called Ottawa. The earnest and stilted narration is worth the price of admission by itself (listen for the pronunciation of &#8220;Ri-DEAU&#8221;) but the most fascinating aspect is just how little &#8220;ceremonial&#8221; Ottawa &#8211; the canal and the parliamentary precinct \u2013 have changed in the 70 years since the film was shot. As the narrator says, they are noted for their &#8220;picturesqueness&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the stereotypes come thick and fast; red-suited mounties stride into the frame apropos of nothing, doughty old Queen Victoria gets a plug, and Canada is called &#8220;a vast wilderness&#8221;, before the audience is assured that despite its differences and French prime ministers, the dearest wish of the Canadian people is to have full and mutually beneficial relations with the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>One other thing &#8211; have a look at about 1.50 for footage of one of Ottawa&#8217;s old swimming beaches in action. There&#8217;s a huge diving tower well out from the shore of what the narrator says the Ottawa river; it&#8217;s a glimpse at how previous generations kept cool in the summer before agricultural run-off spoiled our rivers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We came across this little gem recently on YouTube &#8212; it&#8217;s a 1940s newsreel-style trailer, produced for MGM studios, created to show American movie audiences a little-known foreign capital city called Ottawa. 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