Montreal's Expo 67 Was A Landmark Moment in Canadian History

Рет қаралды 102,145

Күн бұрын

Completed in a record four years on artificially-built islands in the middle of the Saint Lawrence River, Expo 67 was a Category One World's Fair and the main celebration of the centenary of Canadian confederation in 1967. The scale and ambition of the project forever changed Canada, as well as the perception of Canada by foreign countries. With over 50 million visitors, the fair broke all previous attendance records and would prove to be the most successful World’s Fair of the 20th century. Still considered to this day the largest cultural event ever held in North America, Expo 67 firmly established Montreal as an international world-class city and remains etched in the memory of all those who visited.
If you would like to help support our channel, donate here :)
www.paypal.com/donate/?busine...
Make sure to check out the full-length videos featured:
NFB: • Impressions of Expo 67
Paige Saunders: / paigesaundersmontreal
gsprv: • BUILDING THE ISLANDS O...
British Pathé: • Expo '67 Doc: World's ...
Jeff Altman: • Expo 1967 World's Fair...
Retro Quebec Plus: / @retroquebecplus6006
SMUJonesFilm: • Reader's Digest: Expo ...
Preminger Films: • " THIS WAS EXPO '67 " ...
Professor Goose
Pchermayeff: • Design for a Fair: The...
UniversalNewsreels: • Expo 67, Largest World...
Johnny from Texas: • Video
OTRA: • Expo 67 Trip - August ...
MTLTV: • Expo67
archivesRC: • Expo 67 : les pavillon...
retroquebec: • Visite à l'Expo - Mai ...
PeriscopeFilm: • " THIS WAS EXPO '67 " ...
Radio-Canada: • Expo 67
Concordia University: • The Legacy of Expo 67
CBC - Back to the Future: • Expo 67 - Back To The ...
Jérémi Charbonneau: / @jeremicharbonneau4571
travelthruhistory: / travelthruhistorytv
Chapters
00:00 Intro
03:16 Bidding & construction begins
06:06 Marketing the fair
10:20 Expo takes final shape
12:48 Montreal welcomes the world
16:43 Expo opens
20:09 Expo Express
21:49 The summer of love
23:14 The pavilions
27:30 The birth of IMAX
29:25 The impact and celebrities of Expo
33:13 La Ronde
34:49 Expo ends
36:45 Lasting impact
Music
Song: LiQWYD - Voices
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported
Video Link: • LiQWYD - Voices (Vlog ...
Song: INOSSI - Wanna Go
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported
Video Link: • INOSSI - Wanna Go (Vlo...
Song: INOSSI - Someone
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported
Video Link: • INOSSI - Someone (Vlog...
Song: INOSSI - Waiting
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported
Video Link: • INOSSI - Waiting (Vlog...
Music | "Stream" by LiQWYD
License: www.liqwydmusic.com/how-to-use
Download/Stream: hypeddit.com/liqwyd/stream
Song: Fablik - Mindset
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music.
Video Link: bit.ly/3LkaTdY
Song: AgusAlvarez - Here With Me
Music provided by Vlog No Copyright Music
Video Link: bit.ly/3RRArT1
Life in Silico by Scott Buckley
• 'Life In Silico' [Upli...
In Dreams by Scott Buckley
• 'Life In Silico' [Upli...
End Screen Music:
Ikson - Alive
Music promoted by Vlog No Copyright Music.
shorturl.at/cmCX8
DISCOVER MONTRÉAL:
KZfaq Channel: / discovermontreal
FACEBOOK: / discovermtl
TWITTER: / discovermtl
EMAIL: montrealdiscover@gmail.com
INSTAGRAM: / krizgeorge

Пікірлер: 189

@carolann5338 Ай бұрын

I went to Expo 1967 almost every evening after work....... and also every weekend....!!!! I was 22 years old when it opened in April........!!!! It was for me THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE....... and I am now 79 years old...... and I will never forget this......and the city where I was born..........!!!! Thank you Canada for such an incredibly year.....!!! BRAVO......!!!!

@VladislavBabbitt 25 күн бұрын

It was amazing!

@eric7922 23 күн бұрын

Bravo indeed. I love Paris and NYC but Montreal is truly a world class city and will always be my favourite.

@carolann5338 8 күн бұрын

@@eric7922 Thank you for saying this about the city where I was born.....!!!!

@peterschaffter826 Ай бұрын

I was 10 when we visited Expo. I've never forgotten the experience. Towards the middle of the video, I found myself weeping for the Canada that used to be.

@josephdarchambault6264 Ай бұрын

this was before reagan and thatcher in the UK, noe-libertarian greed, un regulated free market greed has eroded what we used to know as normal. Monopolized corporations didn't rule the rust back then. Sad

@2Sugarbears Ай бұрын

We will be back. Have faith. It ain't over til the fat lady sings.

@GotoHere 27 күн бұрын

@@josephdarchambault6264 before pedo liberals created record inflation and allowed millions of illegals into Canada

@ScareDe2 27 күн бұрын

@@josephdarchambault6264 Libertarianism and capitalism are based on private production of goods and services with the incentive to generate maximum profit ; it is an economy of production and it is not what causes inflation and unaffordability you live now. People got brainwashed massively by the public system to believe privately owned businesses are responsible for this mess.

@That90sShow 27 күн бұрын

@@josephdarchambault6264 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@VEGTheAgingHippie Ай бұрын

I was 10 years old and lived on the west island of Montreal. The pride and optimism in Canada was such a far cry from today. Canadians no longer know how to dream. This video reminds me so much of what we have lost as a nation. Now every city in the nation has homeless encampments. Something that didn't exist in 1967. Our forests are burning and young folks can't even dream of owning a home. We could really use the same sense of possibilities and can do attitude that existed in 1967 again.

@josephdarchambault6264 Ай бұрын

@VEGTheAgingHippie Ай бұрын

@@josephdarchambault6264 Yes, you are 100% correct. Nothing was the same by the 80s. What's truly sad is how governments all bought into the trickle down theory and no one stood against it.

@2Sugarbears Ай бұрын

It will get better. It will.

@michaelp9184 Ай бұрын

Thank the morons currently running the country.

@ThirdEyeClear Ай бұрын

All part of an agenda

@Alley00Cat 25 күн бұрын

Montrealer here, born way after 1967. It's wild, but Expo 1967 lives on. I've been hearing about it my whole life, and its remnants are everywhere, notably the artificial islands created for it and the Montreal Metro completed in time for the expo. Today, the metro is one of the crown jewels of the city. The city has been a huge cultural hub ever since, despite all the fiascos around language laws and corruption and bad planning (looking at you Big O). I still cannot believe it was all done in 4 years. It really is mind boggling, and would never be possible today.

@fatmolerat3293 27 күн бұрын

Vidéo incroyable! Voir à quel point l'Expo aura sû impacter la société est bouleversant.

@Roadghost88 21 күн бұрын

Truly a spectacular chapter in Canadian history. I was a child in absolute wonder visiting Expo67. I lived on the South Shore of Montreal and we visited several times. Everything was new, the subway, the skyscrapers, the bridges, the highways, it was a city beyond compare. Canada's centennial, our best year ever, we never came close to that euphoria ever again. Seems like something we lost forever.

@hectorlabbe Ай бұрын

Loved it!!! What a great era for Montreal ❤

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

Yes... the best era ever..........!!!!

@robdedrick2052 Ай бұрын

I was there on the Day it Opened and on the Day it Closed . Amazing ! After EXPO 67 my Family moved to Vancouver and I was there at EXPO 86 for Opening and Closing . Amazing ! AGAIN ! We seem to have a Gift of Doing Things Well Canada ! Let's keep it Up !

@robdedrick2052 Ай бұрын

I still have my Passports from 67 & 86 .

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

Canada sure know how to put on THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH 1967......AND 1986...BRAVO......!!!!

@dragon-shepherd Ай бұрын

I got to go 3 times - one school trip and two times with my family. It was GREAT.

@VladislavBabbitt 25 күн бұрын

It certainly was!

@AniMerDol 7 күн бұрын

I was expecting to get emotional watching this, but i'm severely overwhelmed at how deep my feelings go & the intensity of my tears. In '67, my family was living in the suburbs 46K north of the city. The year our country moved into triple digits, turning 100, i moved in double, turning the big 10. I'm extremely grateful for being old enough to have realized & appreciate at the time, not just the massive physical accomplishment, but also the social impact of celebrating the cultural uniqueness of a large diversity of nations while bringing them together into a peaceful, true global village. Having an 18 years old brother who introduced me to the music he listened to, i was a little more socially aware of the cultural revolution than my fellow 10 years olds. I remember thinking, San Fransisco could keep their 'summer of love', (i was too young anyway 😂), we had Expo 67!

@efoneofour Ай бұрын

WOW! I am floored. I have just seen the greatest show on earth. This version of Expo 67 is absolutely stunning. I thought the previous version would be the best I will ever see but this one brings the experience to another level completely. Breathless is how I feel right now. Like visiting Expo 67, viewing this video was itself a magical experience. And I know what I am talking about because I had a passport for the summer and was there on opening day.

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

I was there on opening day and almost every evening after that.....!!!! It was stupendous.....!!!!

@waffles1ca Ай бұрын

Expo 67 an amazing event, amazing venue, I was so fortunate to attend with my mother and older brother as an 8 year old. I returned to the park in 2015, I was overwhelmed with the flood of memories upon seeing the old US pavilion. Montreal is a wonderful city to visit.

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

Montreal is a gorgeous city where I was born.....!!!! BRAVO.....!!!!

@144wychwood 26 күн бұрын

Born in Montreal, as 3 year old, 1967 was first year of my young life that I had strong recollections of. A lot of great memories and Expo 67 was big part of it.

@daviddun1389 25 күн бұрын

Same here, all I saw was legs and waists walking amongst the crowds. I wished for one of those kid dollies. I guess not having one made me the hard working guy that I became.

@VladislavBabbitt 25 күн бұрын

@@daviddun1389 Those dollies were fun!

@wd1598 17 күн бұрын

Born in Montreal - I was 9 years old in 1967. My parents (not with a lot of disposable income) they pulled every available $ and bought season passes for Expo 67 - we went every Monday and Saturday afternoons/evenings - my Dad was a baker who worked 6 days a week, but short days on Monday and Saturday (well not really short starting at 2am those days). I feel so fortunate to have been able to experience Expo 67 - AMAZING! Season passes were fashioned like “passports” - brilliant

@gouinnathalie340 Ай бұрын

J'étais en 2ème année et avec ma classe nous avons chanté devant le public et la télé la journée des célébrations de l'ouverture de l'Expo. Je ne me souviens pas de ce que nous avons chanté mais je me souviens d'avoir fait une petite obsession sur le monstre Girotron. 😁

@jonmce1 Ай бұрын

Drove there in my Austin Mini Four good sized guys with Camping gear on top. Absolutely fantastic.

@sebsun Ай бұрын

These videos make me so happy!

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

Me too.....!!!!

@Caspiankhw Ай бұрын

What an excellent documentary, thank you for bringing life to one of the most defining moments in Canadian history :)

@michaelcutcliffe437 22 күн бұрын

I was six years old when my family went to Expo67 and I remember many things from our visit. A truly wonderful experience!

@ricklachaine5406 Ай бұрын

Wow. The ultimate flashback to when I was 7 years old in 1967. My parents took us a number of times from Ottawa. Watching this brought back so many memories. Makes me sad and happy at the same time.

@biorage6670 Ай бұрын

I was born in Montréal in 1967. I guess my parents were really into it..!

@rosswatson9144 29 күн бұрын

I was eight years old and in British Columbia I missed expo… But remember so very well the train crossing the country as a mobile history, Museum, as well as the great truck convoy of exhibits… There were voyager canoes of each province crossing the country… The songs, the badges, the spirit of the year will always be with me… It seems like such a different country now!

@VladislavBabbitt 25 күн бұрын

Yes, it was a great time!

@PeBoVision Ай бұрын

Such a hard hit of nostalgia that includes a profound feeling of pride nearly 60 years later. It is absolutely where Canada found its modern identity and sense of self, removed at last from the shadow of its neighbour to the south and allowed to shine in its own right. An identity that remains to this day. There is no need to compete when you've proven you're without equal. That is true of both Québec specifically and Canada as a whole. Personally, I placed the tip of my thumb on the tip of my nose, looked north toward Russia, and wiggled my fingers. Les Québécois(e), eat pressure and impossible goals for breakfast, and wash it down with a tall cup of 'enweille, allons-y"

@2Sugarbears Ай бұрын

☺

@bmw803 29 күн бұрын

As an American, I always viewed Canada as an extension of the U.S. Sure, differences exist, but over all, we are all from the same origin.

@PeBoVision 29 күн бұрын

@@bmw803As we moved away from those origins towards our current zeitgeist, Canada took a very different path. We were both subject to the same Capitalist forces, but Canada kept a more humanist focus to America's myopic focus on amassing wealth. Combine that with America's revolutinary spirit and Canada's preference for negotiating our way out from under British subjugation, and you have two very different national identities. We are not an extention of the USA as much as the more level-headed, pragmatic & compassionate younger sibling in a dystopian family situation-comedy. America likes to think of itself as the greatest country in the world. Canada sees itself as part of a greater world where there are no "greatest" countries, just a single global community struggling to make sense of it all, in every shape, colour and language imaginable. (unless we're talking about hockey and/or lacrosse, then the USA can eat our dust.)

@fabrikk60 14 күн бұрын

@@bmw803 America: "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" (ie individualism above all) Canada: "Peace, Order, and Good Government" (ie co-operation towards a common good life)

@aprilbailey2793 Ай бұрын

I was 3 when we went, I have memories of this that brought tears to my eyes. It’s too bad the world cannot come together like this anymore.❤❤❤

@stevensilverthorne1555 Ай бұрын

I went to EXPO 67

@letsif Ай бұрын

Just think that in 4 short years this amazing man made island was completed pavilions, rail, and all. I was 18 at the time and traveled twice from staid old Toronto into a thrilling moment in our history. I will never forget that experience and the joy I felt being Canadian in what seemed like a foreign land.

@nancymilawski1048 21 күн бұрын

I was at both Expo'67 and Expo'86 and I did feel like a foreigner in Vancouver when I was there. 😃😃

@Frankaupolis 7 күн бұрын

I can barely believe it.. Wow!! Thank you so much for this video! =•)

@pbrou Ай бұрын

As a young boy went with parents 48 times (they went 52) . Many visits from opening to closing in the evening almost every weekend from the opening in April to the very end. Interestingly with all those visits we never saw anything twice (though some huge pavillions like the French one required many visits). Of course we didn't just breeze through all the pavillions. We read the labels under each item and saw all the films. Also sampled most restaurants though some like the ones in the Belgium and Czechoslovakia pavillions were too expensive for us. Most countries did have their own restaurant in their pavillion with waiters and waitresses from their countries (or province as in the Ontario pavillion). The exposition was also linked to a set of cultural events in Montreal's downtown concert halls; as countries showcased their best dance troups, opera singers or orchestras in the city's landmark venues. Somehow I remember all of it as if it happened last year... All my life, It's been my "happy place" when I want to day dream and flashback to my best memories. So glad I was able to live through it. The computer center impressed me so much that it became my career choice from that very year. It's the ultimate proof that Expo 67 really did change my life.

@halasterthethrice-fried3610 Ай бұрын

Makes me a lil angry when I see this and realize the modern mayors couldn't even get roads and bike lanes right. We are due for leadership that can pull this off again.

@hectorlabbe Ай бұрын

Mayor Drapeau was the Man!!! Nobody like him gave Montreal so many successful projects! ❤

@user-xm1gl8tk4r Ай бұрын

Agreed!

@unowen-nh9ov Ай бұрын

@@hectorlabbeHow long were Montreal Olympics in debt?

@unowen-nh9ov Ай бұрын

Because my parents like so many others were '60's optimists, I was there. Now a lifetime later Toronto are doing it again, Don Portlands. Already did it once with St. Lawrence Seaway Tommy Thompson Bird Sanctuary.

@hectorlabbe Ай бұрын

@@unowen-nh9ov To be honest I have no idea… But every project has its positives and negatives!

@stroye5438 Ай бұрын

M. Jean Drapeau! L’Expo 67, les Olympiques, le métro!!… quel grand homme! Montréal est depuis devenu une risée planétaire, sans âme!

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

Yes... so very true.....!!!! I agree.......!!!!

@francoisst-hilaire222 11 күн бұрын

"Risée planétaire", c'est beaucoup trop excessif. Montréal se porte plutôt bien, elle continue de se distinguer de ses semblables en Amérique du Nord pour sa qualité de vie. Faut faire attention avec la nostalgie!

@rogernoel1224 Ай бұрын

I was 2. But I went each year following. It is there that I developed and cultivated my love for human geography and world history.

@flyingzone356 Ай бұрын

As a Montrealer, I am so proud of this golden age of Montreal even though the Expo took place before I was born.

@budsfan1970 Ай бұрын

1967 was Canada at its absolute zenith. Everything was possible. Canadians from coast to coast oozed with national pride and unity. How far we have fallen as a nation.

@Vinny_Gambini Ай бұрын

1967 wasn't Canada at its absolute zenith. 1967 was the vision of one canadian mayor, The Honorable Jean Drapeau. Canada didn't believe in this project, he did. Free education and free healthcare for 40 million + canadians while the 1st economy can't offer that to its citizens. Yeah! Sure, we're doing so bad 😂😂

@rachelb2231 Ай бұрын

@@Vinny_GambiniI don't know where you live but there's no good Healthcare to be had around Montreal- unless you get hit by a bus and brought in by ambulance, even then it's not sure they'll get to see you that day.

@carolann5338 23 күн бұрын

@@Vinny_Gambini Mayor Drapeau was a great Canadian....... he put Montreal on the WORKD STAGE WITH EXPO 1967.....!!!!

@Vinny_Gambini 9 күн бұрын

@@rachelb2231 Born and raised in Montréal. I had 12 operations in my lifetime and numerous injuries. I experienced 16 hospitals in Montréal, Sherbrooke, Jonquière, even Gaspé and was treated like a human by humans. You're just like the lady that gets to a bodyshop and expects we stop fixing the cars in the bodyshop to do yours. You know there's 8 million people in our Province? BTW I had a back injury that needed an urgent surgery, days before Covid shut down our hospitals. 4 months later, i was the first operated when they re-opened. You have to go with the flow. If your throath hurts, go see the pharmacist, dont clugg our emergency wards. And stop complaining about the government and act or 🤫

@Vinny_Gambini 9 күн бұрын

@@carolann5338 he sure did. I met him twice when I was a teenager and was very excited about it. Today's mayors seem to want to protect their asses more then take risks like Mr.Drapeau.

@silirat Ай бұрын

Awesome video as usual.

@jackgibson4542 Ай бұрын

What a lovely video. I was lucky to attend when I was just six. I still vividly remember my wonderment and joy.

@funkybassguy68 Ай бұрын

My parents went there on vacation. They had so much fun, I popped out 9 months later. 😆

@NormanLor Ай бұрын

IT WAS A DREAM TO COME TRUE FOR THOSE OF US LIVING HERE. OUR PARENTS BOUGHT US ALL PASSPORTS AND THAT WHOLE YEAR WAS AMAZING. I BELIEVE THIS ONE FESTIVAL BROUGHT CANADA INTO THE WORLD'S EYE.

@ehyouman 22 күн бұрын

Thank you for this montage, both my parents went. They'll love this

@greghuibers945 7 күн бұрын

Fantastic video thank you!

@andrewscultety149 Ай бұрын

Ya, been there, done that! Thanks for bringing back the memory!

@arricammarques1955 Ай бұрын

The age of civility before hyperinflation is dearly missed. Happy memories of visiting after 1967.

@larrybethune3909 3 күн бұрын

My parents took me to Expo '67 when I was in grade 3. I was fortunate enough to attend Expo '86 in Vancouver as well. Both great worlds fairs. Just wish that the debt burden wasn't so high.

@Mark_72 29 күн бұрын

I wasn’t born back then, but it look so impressive even to these days.

@billdaverne9389 13 күн бұрын

A wonderful coverage of Expo's impact. I was 11 when it opened, 12 when it closed, and much wiser after visiting. My only quibble is something that was missing. It was Prime Minister John Diefenbaker that made Expo happen by throwing the weight of the Government of Canada behind it in November 1962. Diefenbaker lost the 1963 election but the die had been set and the Expo braintrust was unstoppable. He apparently told Drapeau to "think big" and the mayor was the master promoter and showman it needed to succeed.

@lilyarmitage4168 29 күн бұрын

My first ride on an Hovercraft was still Expo '67.

@michaelsapienza8749 Ай бұрын

I found vintage monthly magazines about expo published that summer.

@eric7922 23 күн бұрын

Heady times...kinder, gentler times and so optimistic...I was 3 when I visited with our family from Northern Ontario and retain vague memories and that sense of wonder, especially of La Ronde.

@timtwoface Ай бұрын

I wasn't alive yet but I was definitely happy to attend Expo 86 in Vancouver for virtually every weekend from May 2 to October 13 that year.

@rolandsutter2451 19 күн бұрын

Lived in Montreal until th Summer of 66 my dad had had enough Expo and moved us to Vancouver

@RichardPaquette-kt2bw Ай бұрын

I'm wondering, who the hell made the ''maquette'' or model\plan. It was... I have no words. 🤩

@tobym9045 Ай бұрын

Montreal was at it's very best ! It was indeed a great accomplishment. It was back when Quebec was "La Belle Province"...rather than the "Je Me Souviens" it has since become.

@bmw803 29 күн бұрын

Back then, they spent time, money and effort on VISION. Today, it's STOOPIDITY. The difference when leaders had a vision vs leaders who only care about winning elections so they can steal even more.

@Logit4 Ай бұрын

I remember that right up to opening day, Anglo media was bashing Expo as another Quebec boondoggle. The CBC even said that the name "Expo" was stupid. But as usual, as soon as American and British media started to rave about it, Anglo Canadians appropriated it. It wasn't in Quebec anymore. It bacame a great Canadian event!

@bmw803 29 күн бұрын

Did they politicize shit even back then?

@casager Ай бұрын

I grew up in Ottawa, just down the road from Montreal. I was 12 years old when it opened and attended at least three times, if memory serves. I personally had NO idea until now, thanks to this video, of the actual history of the event and the incredible challenges that had to be overcome before opening day. Sadly, in those days, it seems that Quebec and Canada were much better prepared and certainly more determined to make this incredibly complicated event actually happen . . . and ON TIME than we seem to be today. Don't know what happened to us. For example, we have a rapid transit system here in Ottawa that has NEVER worked properly having opened only recently. Compared to the rapid transit in and around Expo, we've very much gone backwards. Very sad.

@keroppicoqui3907 Ай бұрын

Forever envious of ppl who got to visit. I wasnt even born until 30 years later! 😂

@suddenlysolo2170 Ай бұрын

I was there as a 4 year old. We were statoned in St. Hubert with the military at the time.

@piervail Ай бұрын

4 ans! En 4 ans on a créé des iles, bâtit des pavillions, aménagé le territoire mais aussi bâti des autoroutes et le Métro. En 4 ans!. Aujourd'hui le tunnel Hippolithe-Lafontaine est en 'réparation' depuis combien de temps? On doit bâtir un nouveau pont pour l'ile d'Orléans à quel coût? et ça prendra combien de temps? J'avais 14 ans à l'époque et ça été tout un été et le party. Ce qui m'embête le plus aujd'hui c'est que plus rien ne bouge. On a belles paroles mais on n'avance pas. On a besoin de plus de Jean Drapeau et de Lucien Saulnier. Des hommes et des femmes qui mettent en action leurs idées avangardistes.

@piervail Ай бұрын

Merci de me répondre en français!

@MrGreggallman 24 күн бұрын

Vous avez raison. Nous n’avons plus de projets ambitieux tels que celui de l’Expo. Malheureusement, cet événement fut l’apogée pour Montréal. Neuf ans plus tard en 1976, nous n’avons même pas réussi à compléter le Stade Olympique et le monde entier a témoigné son mât inachevé. Quelle honte… Aujourd’hui la belle ville de Montréal d’autrefois a été remplacée par une ville couverte de graffiti avec une infrastructure qui s’effrite. Il n’y a plus la même fierté civique. La corruption règne et les contribuables payent des taxes pharamineuses pour boucher des nids de poules. N’oublions pas la catastrophe de l’aéroport Mirabel… Évidemment, notre leadership n’a pas été à la taille; ça fait penser aux options présentées à nos voisins du sud.

@Graceyoutube 24 күн бұрын

L'importance de rêver de ne pas être pessimiste de garder espoir pour l'avenir.

@russvatcher4882 Ай бұрын

I had a season ticket then. I think it was about $20. Went many times and did not see it all.

@Fernscape Ай бұрын

We met with chief Pokinfire in Oka to discuss a Totem pole but it never materialized

@jefftay9850 Ай бұрын

i am so proud of us when i see this was born july 67 my parents almost called me EXPO .....i know right

@paulstark1832 29 күн бұрын

I can recall a fraction of most of this liviving i the big city at yhe time

@Fernscape Ай бұрын

I lived in Montreal and I could not stand the lineups ~ My guests saw Expo more than I did -The following year I visited what remained

@mkds312 14 күн бұрын

I now work in one of the buildings that were originally there are the expo.

@lilyarmitage4168 29 күн бұрын

Time to resurrect the Habitat building method - a view and a garden for every apartment dweller.

@walteravrith7581 25 күн бұрын

My father worked as a film projector technician he had a coleman cart and went to the pavillions to take care of issues with projectors

@ChewyFrog 12 күн бұрын

The season pass for a child was $17.50. Which is the equivalent of $166.05 today. I still have a wallet from Expo 67.

@johnvermette9466 Ай бұрын

Isn't this video a re-upload? I seem to remember that you've made one about Expo 67 before, didn't you Chris? 🤔😉

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

Unfortunately I was forced to make some changes, so I spruced it up a little!

@johnvermette9466 Ай бұрын

I don't have a problem with that at all! It's just another opportunity for you to show the whole world, just how talented you are my friend!

@klezmorim 28 күн бұрын

Great documentary although I wish something was said about how little was done to preserve all that cool,architecture. Nowadays, of the 90 pavilions, only a handful still stand. Mots of it was simply abandoned and left to rot until it was demolished in the 90's.

@DiscoverMontréal 28 күн бұрын

Towards the end it’s briefly explained, none of the pavilions were built to last unfortunately as is the case with most World Fair sites, but some did avoid the wrecking ball!

@VixxKong2 Ай бұрын

🎉🎉

@stevedolesch9241 Ай бұрын

Oh que oui! as we say. My mon did murals for the Canadian Pavillon! My dear mom! My father stole all the money from commissions! I love her! RIP mom!

@miakoto69 10 күн бұрын

i got a poster of this at home

@VladislavBabbitt 25 күн бұрын

Many adult people born in Montréal do not even know that this nor the Olympic Games of 1976 took place in their own city.

@dmbthegurl 24 күн бұрын

@Mert_Can this could be interesting for you. Long before Dubai there was Expo 67

@peterhogan9537 20 күн бұрын

getting this up and running by Apr67 was like sending a man to the moon by the end of the 60;s.

@robdedrick2052 Ай бұрын

EXPO 74 Spokane . EXPO in Australia. Was it 88 or later ?

@fredthomson2384 Ай бұрын

Canada at it’s peak. In 2024 that’s rather obvious.

@cabaneencac5168 29 күн бұрын

4:19 Cité-Jardins en face de l'hopital Maisonneuve ( plus précisement ''Terrasse Maisonneuve '')

@daveyboy_ Ай бұрын

My family told me that all they remember was the lineups

@VictorSinclair 26 күн бұрын

Yay for Bobby Gimby C A N A D A 1 LITTLE 2 LITTLE... ~ The Positive Musicologist

@TheRasiani 25 күн бұрын

Ha ha - my parents told me I was their "Expo Project"

@deafviolinist Ай бұрын

this the most Canadian thing since that time Mike Bullard filled in for goalie in that lacrosse game with those french Canadian singing nuns

@chazzcannon3614 Күн бұрын

Where is the maquette now?

@SkySim 16 күн бұрын

Still have my Expo67 passport.

@andrelemire9915 Ай бұрын

🌹🌹🌹🌹

@richardblais5232 Ай бұрын

Canadian history, is French-Canadian history ...

@adellis24 Ай бұрын

Please explain how Walt Disney (who died in 1966) was supposedly inspired by the Expo 67 American Pavillion for his Experimental Prototype Community Of Tomorrow that featured no such dome in its initial planning and wasn't completed until 1982?

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

I wondered that too, turns out the dome was under construction long before it was completed and was clearly visible when he visited for the last time in 1966. The Epcot plans were redesigned multiple times over the years before it finally went ahead, and they added the sphere because he was so fond of it. The only difference is Epcot has a perfect sphere that does not touch the ground, whereas the Expo pavilion does and is thus cut off from becoming a full sphere.

@adellis24 Ай бұрын

Kudos for the quick response. The discrepancy in time between the completion of EPCOT & E67 was what made me curious as I’ve seen plenty of early EPCOT concepts but didn’t realize Walt was so fond of the dome that they kept it in mind for over a decade until they began construction on EPCOT. Thankfully they didn’t go with the Expo on Mont Royal plan! When they built La Ronde was it possible to walk the around the entire lake, unlike the current setup where that isn’t possible?

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

@@adellis24 I’m not sure, it’s hard to tell from the available images and video, but it may have been! It was likely closed off once the Fireworks Festival began in the 80s

@adellis24 Ай бұрын

I tend to think that it must have been for crowd flow alone. You're correct that it was closed off for the Fireworks section but that doesn't seem like a great justification to bottleneck the park at two points for the entire season. Shame, I hope they find a way (once again) to allow people to walk the full park, if only during the daytime hours of operation. As a video suggestion, I would love to see something similar to this about Mirabel Airport, the lofty plans that never came to fruition and eventual rebirth of Montréal-Dorval in response to that disaster. Cheers!

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

@@adellis24 thanks for the support! I am planning to do a Dorval Airport video and the big expansion plans for the future but it’s gonna take some time 😛 hopefully by the end of the year!

@Doc_Rusty 20 күн бұрын

Je me souviens du Gyrotron a Terre des hommes

@idcraw Ай бұрын

Mayor Drapeau had the celebration set for the Habs victory in the Stanley cup at EXPO

@markpimlott2879 Ай бұрын

...but then the Toronto Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup that year for the last time ever! 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🍁 🍁 🍁 🍁 🍁 🍁 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

@farrenrohana Ай бұрын

I was there! I'm 61 now! There was a housing crisis back then too?!!!! What is the matter with these people who run our country??!!!!

@bmw803 29 күн бұрын

They care about 2 things. Winning elections, and that's so they can stuff their pockets.

@glowbright Ай бұрын

34:41 In 2001 Montreal made a huge error selling La Ronde to Six Flags and leasing the land to them until 2065. La Ronde has just been an overpriced tourist trap ever since. Terrible decision by the city to lease such prime real -estate for such a long time.

@bmw803 29 күн бұрын

No city administration should be in amusement parks business. Leasing the land makes sense, but NOT FOR SO LONG. Probably another crooked politician that pocketed big $$$ and the city collecting peanuts vs what they should be getting.

@ronniwright8315 2 күн бұрын

Now 2024 they can’t get a pot hole filled in my town

@oi32df 29 күн бұрын

Imaginez un BAPE aujourd'hui pour se demander si on remplie le st-Laurent de roche pour faire des iles = pas 4 ans de construction mais 4 ans de niaisage ...à moin d'avoir Fitzgibbon qui nous miroite qu'on y planterais des éoliennes. Imagine a BAPE today to wonder if we filled the St-Lawrence with rock to make islands = not 4 years of construction but 4 years of waiting...unless we have Fitzgibbon who shimmers that we would plant there wind turbine.

@khunopie9159 25 күн бұрын

Vive le Québec libre! Vive le Montréal libre!

@michaelturcotte4415 25 күн бұрын

Pour ceux qui en voudrais un . J’ai le guide officiel de l’expo67 à vendre !!!!!

@kraftwerk155 Ай бұрын

Why does everyone think that Russian pavilion has become a university? It became a part of permanent exhibition in Moscow.

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

That voiceover you heard saying that was from 1967, it was the original plan but looks like it was altered.

@ArenAurelius 8 күн бұрын

Montreal hasn't changed much since 1967 ...

@jftrottier7376 Ай бұрын

Where's our collective dream?

@dojagi1461 Ай бұрын

Expo 67 is the reason why global bed bugs issue started

Ай бұрын

Funny how Expo 67 augmented Montreal and Expo 86 Ruined Vancouver

@DiscoverMontréal Ай бұрын

Expo 86 was a huge success and gave birth to the SkyTrain!

@fraslex Ай бұрын

Vancouver dominates Montreal now. Only politics keeps Montreal and Toronto in control of Canada.

@Gryphonisle 17 күн бұрын

WTF? What was Ed Sullivan thinking? Montreal was not, no matter how magnificent, the first International Exposition in North America.

@DiscoverMontréal 17 күн бұрын

Indeed it was the first, and the last actually! Expo 67 was a Category One World’s Fair, the highest ranked type Fair, and it’s never been done in North America again, unfortunately.