As part of the slew of pre-screening ads & thank you shorts, TIFF has been showing a series of short films highlighting the modern history of Toronto.
The clips (with the exception of a scene from Don Shebib's "Goin' Down the Road") show iconic moments -- from footage of the great fire of 1904 to the V-E celebrations on Bay Street to a sit-in on Yorkville Avenue in the 60's. There's a clip of the 1920 Santa Claus Parade, where in one brief shot, there appears to be a clown on the street smoking a cigarette.
Another parade is from 1967, with the Maple Leafs celebrating their last Stanley Cup. A convertible is shown with three men and the cup. According to the credits, they are Punch Imlach, George Armstrong and Stafford Smythe, although the first man on the left beside Armstrong seems to be Harold Ballard.
Was it a clerical error, historical revisionism or an attempt to exorcise the curse of the Maple Leafs...
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