1977 - Calgary - Alberta - Canada - City - 8mm - 1970s - North America

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1977 - Calgary - Alberta - Canada - City - 8mm - 1970s - North America - Super 8

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This film in perfect Kodak Super 8 quality takes us to the year 1977 in the Canadian city of Calgary in the province of Alberta. Eleven years before the metropolis (now around 1.3 million inhabitants) became world famous for hosting the 1988 Winter Olympics, these atmospheric and detailed images of Calgary were taken by Austrian tourists.
The city is located in the south of the province of Alberta on the prairie at the confluence of the Elbow River in the Bow River. The Rocky Mountains stretch 80 kilometers to the west. The urban area is hilly, because it is located on the Foothills, the transition to the Rocky Mountains. A multitude of multicultural neighborhoods reflects the immigrant structure.
The city's landmark is the 190-meter-high Calgary Tower, a television tower with a glazed viewing platform. It can be seen several times in the film. Stephen Avenue as urban center for shopping and culture was also captured - as was the Hotel York, the Calgary Board of Education, the public library and the city's football stadium.
Huge oil reserves were discovered in Alberta in the 1940s. Calgary changed from a city dominated by cattle breeding to an economic metropolis. 1973 oil crisis accelerated this. In the 1970s, 450 oil companies were headquartered in Calgary and jobs were 70 percent oil-dependent. When the oil price fell in early 1980s, the city fell into a serious crisis. 1988 Olympics and expansion of economy and culture contributed to recovery.
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Dieser Film in perfekter Kodak Super 8 Qualität führt uns in das Jahr 1977 in die kanadische Stadt Calgary in der Provinz Alberta. Elf Jahre bevor die Millionenstadt (heute rund 1,3 Millionen Einwohner) durch die Ausrichtung der Olympischen Winterspiele 1988 weltberühmt wurde, entstanden diese stimmungsvollen und detaillierten Aufnahmen von Calgary.
Die Stadt liegt im Süden der Provinz Alberta in der Prärie an der Mündung des Elbow Rivers in den Bow River. 80 Kilometer westlich erstrecken sich die Rocky Mountains. Das Stadtgebiet ist hügelig, liegt es doch an den östlichen Ausläufern der Foothills, dem Übergang zu den Rocky Mountains. Eine Vielzahl multikultureller Stadtviertel spiegelt die Einwandererstruktur wider.
Das Wahrzeichen der Stadt ist der 190 Meter hohe Calgary Tower, ein Fernsehturm mit einer verglasten Aussichtsplattform. Er ist im Film mehrmals zu sehen. Auch die Stephen Avenue als städtisches Zentrum für Einkauf und Kultur wurde filmisch festgehalten - genauso wie das Hotel York, das Calgary Board of Education, die Public Library und das Football Stadium.
Ende der 1940er wurden in Alberta riesige Ölvorkommen gefunden. Calgary wandelte sich von einer durch Viehzucht geprägten Stadt zur Wirtschaftsmetropole. Die Ölkrise von 1973 beschleunigte das. In den 1970er-Jahren hatten 450 Ölfirmen ihre Zentrale in Calgary und hingen Arbeitsplätze zu 70 Prozent vom Öl ab. Durch den Fall des Ölpreises Anfang der 1980er geriet die Stadt in eine schwere Krise. Zur Erholung trugen Olympia 1988 und die Verbreiterung der Wirtschaft und Kultur bei. Seither wachsen Wirtschaft, Bevölkerung und Tourismus.
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@user-fl4gz9bs9t 2 ай бұрын

Love it ! Born and raised ,62 years now ,

@thegavinbarry 2 ай бұрын

respect

@trudeauisacommie5413 Ай бұрын

Born and raised 57

@saraha5070 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing, Calgary has 4x the population now! The Calgary tower is now surrounded by taller buildings. I didn’t know the “tall people” statues were that old, thanks!

@rozinant1237 2 жыл бұрын

The “tall people” are actually from 1967! They were commissioned for Expo 67 in Montreal. They were moved to Calgary after the fair.

@cristoferchanimak Жыл бұрын

Yes it is amazing! I hope Calgary's population continues to grow. Would love to see it turn into a global big city with 4-40 million people!

@mayloo2137 9 ай бұрын

Tall people also known as the Family of Man. Part of the British exhibit at Expo 67 in Montreal. Bought by a rich Montrealer after Expo, then donated to the City of Calgary. And I think they were anatomically correct. 😉

@DavidBale-vn4op 2 ай бұрын

Montreal also in exchange received the Calgary brewery aquarium. The statues were I believe sold by the school board when they relocated to 8 street building.

@johnwang9914 7 күн бұрын

The statues were reassembled in the wrong order as no one bothered to note what the original artists's configuration was at the Expo 67 in Montreal. That Obelisk by the Board of Education building was covered with little clay tiles that they had us students make in Arts and Crafts, I made mine to look like a fossilized dinosaur foot print, the teachers were not impressed as it was just three fingers and a thumb pressed down into the clay tile.

@Junokaii 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool. As a Calgarian, thank you.

@visualhistoryaustria 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊👍

@BinaryReplicant 2 жыл бұрын

This is fantastic!! I’ve always been curious with how the base of the tower looked in the early days and it’s captured here beautifully. Love seeing people living their lives, moving around the city back then and how everything looked, the vehicles of the time, etc.. So wonderfully nostalgic. :)

@visualhistoryaustria 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! You are very welcome!

@michaeljaques77 3 жыл бұрын

Back when the Calgary tower used to actually "tower" over the city.

@mr2_mike 2 ай бұрын

Back when the Calgary Tower was called the Husky Tower.

@nathaliep8512 Жыл бұрын

Wow. So cool to see this video of my home town. We moved there in 1978, and I left in 2005 to Medicine Hat. I loved Calgary back then, up until I left, and always thought of it as the big city with the small town feel. So many great memories. Cool to see the original City Hall and YMCA. The CBE building and it's iconic statues. As kids, going downtown to see all that was such a magical event. I have not been back in about 10 years. I know I'd likely be shocked.

@pistolpat19 Ай бұрын

I moved to Calgary in summer of 1977 to start my career in the oil and gas industry. Loved the old footage. Calgary was a lot smaller then and easier to get around. You could still drive a car in 7the Ave SW

@OldDogNewTrick 2 жыл бұрын

Looks familiar. I was working in downtown Calgary during this time.

@MrZics 2 жыл бұрын

My parents moved to Calgary from Quebec back in 1976 so this is how it looked when they moved here.

@sherlynn7211 3 жыл бұрын

gosh,, this is amazing, so many memories

@visualhistoryaustria 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@robchapman7638 3 жыл бұрын

Really nice! I live there and would have been about 11 years old at the time. The bus shapes are very familiar and I recognize most of the buildings.

@alpacatwoniner2370 Ай бұрын

No footage of YYC is complete without a shot of the York Hotel. 😅

@gerryyee2638 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific video of 1970s Calgary. I was living there at the time.

@ignorthepain Жыл бұрын

Better days. Born then at the holycross hospital.

@ARGBlackCloud 3 жыл бұрын

I kept looking for my car !! Lmao

@benvolman4976 3 ай бұрын

1:42 Mopar or no car that's a roadrunner.

@mr2_mike 2 ай бұрын

No homeless, drug users or people loitering sitting on the sidewalk. The bums in the 80s that I recall were all just alcoholics, asking for another few pennies for a beer. But kind and few and far between.

@jakhamar55 2 ай бұрын

I remember driving past the "slave market" on 17 ave on my way to work. They had their lunch buckets and hard hats and were hoping someone would pick them up for a days work.