{"id":33611,"date":"2012-09-21T13:50:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T17:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=33611"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:27:11","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T20:27:11","slug":"nfb-film-shows-toronto-as-a-boom-town-in-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/09\/21\/nfb-film-shows-toronto-as-a-boom-town-in-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"NFB film shows Toronto as a &#8220;boom town&#8221; in 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/toronto_boom_town\/embed\/player\" width=\"600\" height=\"391\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This 1951 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/toronto_boom_town\/\">Leslie McFarlane film from the NFB<\/a>, &#8220;Toronto Boom Town,&#8221; showcases Toronto as a growing metropolis. It really is a blast from the past. There&#8217;s early shots of landmarks like the Toronto Stock Exchange and Casa Loma. The skyline is surprisingly high, and a bit shocking to see minus our ubiquitous CN Tower. There&#8217;s streetcars, bars, theatres, and even a glimpse a the Toronto police force roaring out of their headquarters on motorcycles to combat the dread of every growing city: congestion. Already they were imagining amalgamation of the suburbs, and the narrator even adds, &#8220;the way it&#8217;s going it won&#8217;t be long before Toronto is a suburb of Hamiliton.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The growth of Toronto after the war was so rapid that it lead mayor Hiram McCullom to warn during his weekly radio address on CFRB, &#8220;the city is in danger of being strangled by its own prosperity.&#8221; Shortly after this address McCullom split the conservative vote with Nathan Philips and lost his mayoral seat to Allan Lamport.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The film also contains early footage of the Yonge subway construction. 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