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National Museum of Cinema

The film, a greatly suggestive documentary on landscapes, owes some of its happiest moments to the phantom ride technique, which makes use of the momentum of shots taken with the camera mounted on moving vehicles. Each means of transport answers to differ…

Royal Film Archive of Belgium - CINEMATEK

Touristic items on Bruges, Ghent, Oudenaarde, Ypres and Zeebrugge.

Swedish Film Institute

A poetic film about humans in motion in Stockholm. Per-Åke Dahlberg attended the Stockholm Film School cinematography programme, where he was often asked to be the cameraman for the other students. Here he had the chance to be a director and cinematograph…

DFF – German Film Institute & Film Museum

"Kunststudentin Ursula" ist ein Werbefilm für die Stadt Frankfurt am Main, unterstützt durch das Verkehrs- und Wissenschaftsamt. Als Reiseleiterin führt Ursula durch die Mainmetropole und zeigt die ersten Hochhäuser, die Paulskirche, den Dom, de…

National Museum of Cinema

A ferry boat unloads a train on the coasts of Sicily; the steam engine starts moving, the railway winds through stark landscapes and picturesque coastlines. In the meantime we are shown the gathering of seafood, the coming and going of people at the port …

National Museum of Cinema

Vistas of some of the most well-known Spanish locations: Madrid, Barcelona, the bay of St. Sebastian, Burgos, Segovia, Malaga. It shows cock fights, the palace of the Alhambra in Granada and banks filmed from a navigating boat. The film ends with a sunset…

National Museum of Cinema

The panoramic shot opening the film pinponts the true protagonists at once: the canals, water harnessed within circuits planned by man in order to wrench land from the sea. The camera travels at water level, insinuating itself amongst barges, coasting aro…

Spanish Cinemathèque

Views of the park of El Retiro, with the boats in the pond.

National Museum of Cinema

For carnival Piazza Vittorio Veneto has been transformed into a giant luna park, where adults and children in fancy dresses celebrate the lively recurrence, while Gianduja (a mask of the Italian Commedia dell’Arte) happily greets the crowd. The video is a…

DFF – German Film Institute & Film Museum

Dieser Kurz-Dokumentarfilm verdichtet die Erfahrungen eines Touristen, der acht Stunden in London verbringt. Ein humoristischer Sprecher führt die Zuschauer durch Londoner Straβen, während eine dynamische Musik den Rhythmus einer Stadt voller Kontraste un…

National Museum of Cinema

A documentary by Silvio Giacotto - Comment by Marziano Bernardi - Rudi Windsor on the electronic organ. Film dedicated to the Mole Antonelliana, considered as the symbolic monument of the city. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Naz…

Catalunya Film Archive

Shots of various parts of the city of Barcelona: ships in the port, the statue of Christopher Columbus, people walking along the waterfront and locals doing their food shopping, selecting from huge piles of potatoes. It goes on to show shots of Parc de la…

Catalunya Film Archive

Shots of the city of Girona: the houses, the Onyar river, the steps of the Cathedral, the church of Sant Feliu, Les Rambles, Pont de Ferro (the iron bridge) and a number of shots showing people walking in the streets of the old town. At the end, we see Ba…

Romanian National Film Archive

The sociological documentary presents the everyday activities and customs of a Romanian mountain village – Drăguș. As D. Gusti said, ”the film has two parts: the first one fully remakes a day in the village’s life, while the second one shows a series of r…

National Museum of Cinema

Amateur footage depicting scenes of family life in the valley of Valtournenche (Aosta Valley), during the summer of 1927. We see the family taking a trip to the mountain resort of Breuil-Cervinia and the nearby Blue Lake (Lac Bleu) . The …

Landesfilmsammlung Baden-Württemberg

Stuttgarter Innenstadt Mitte der 1930er Jahre und in den ersten Nachkriegsjahren mit den Kriegszerstörungen.; Ein kurzer Dokumentarfilm über Stuttgart vor, während und nach dem Krieg. Der Vorspann nennt einen Sprecher, aber die Tonspur scheint verloren ge…

Bulgarian National Film Archive

The beach at Ladzhene (Velingrad). Reviewing the contestors. High diving. The winner in the “Queen of the Beach” contest is Maria Rousseva from Plovdiv.

Screen Archive South East

A black and white holiday film showing a family taking a trip in the car, staying in a hotel and the children boating on a river.; Original language summary: A black and white holiday film showing a family taking a trip in the car, staying in a hotel and…

Landesfilmsammlung Baden-Württemberg

Reise von Freiburg nach Hamburg entlang des Rheins; Besuch des Grabes des 1945 gefallenen Sohnes; Rückfahrt über Hameln, Hannover u. Münden.; TC 10:26:55:00 / 10:00:00:00 - Alter Mercedes parkt am Straßenrand, Frauen und Mädchen stehen neben dem Wagen und…

Spanish Cinemathèque

The city of Seville and its surroundings in 1914: the cathedral, the Guadalquivir river, the bullring...etc.

National Library of Scotland

A holiday to Mamaia, near Constanta on the Black Sea in Romania, and a visit by sea to Istanbul.

Spanish Cinemathèque

Documentary showing the city of Logroño and it's surroundings.

National Library of Norway

Clippings from tourist film showing Trondheim, North Cape and Bergen.

Spanish Cinemathèque

Tour around different towns in the region of Auvergne.

Bulgarian National Film Archive

Directed by: Panayot Kenkov – Cast:Petya Popova, Katya Rusevska, Petar Nikolov, Panayot Kenkov, Mara Andreeva, Hristo Adzhiev, Hristo Zagorov –– Synopsis:– The young rentier Zhezhi leads a secluded life on his estate, away from the bustle of the city. His…

National Film Archive

Playful promotional film with elements of melodramatic reenactment shows the spa town of Karlovy Vary and its facilities for treatment of heart diseases.

Archive of Sound and Image of Mallorca

Typical report of tourism promotion boosted by the Organization for the Promotion of Mallorca's Tourism. A ferry reaches the bay and the port of Palma and then heads for the Son Vida Hotel, a luxury establishment in the outskirts of Palma in an old st…

Archive of Sound and Image of Mallorca

Film shot in Cala Major (Palma) in summer; we can see a wide shot of the cove, with bathers on the beach; images of the beach huts and changing rooms; on the beach, several scenes succeed one another, with bathers, children and people taking a walk; we ca…

Swedish Film Institute

Sven Jerring talks about Stockholm’s history, focusing on historical remains in Gamla Stan and on Riddarholmen island. Cityscapes from the time are intertwined with images, models and objects from Stockholm City Museum. The film portrays buildings, monume…

Swedish Film Institute

From Berns Salonger in Stockholm. Exterior and interior from early morning until dawn the next day. Lunch, dinner, entertainment, dancing, the restaurant kitchen, Mischa Angelini’s orchestra, military orchestra in Berzelii Park.

National Library of Scotland

Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.

National Library of Scotland

Panoramic views of Loch Lomond and the surrounding area including Inchmurrin (the largest island), Inchcailleach (the burial island) and the villages of Rowardennan, Tarbet and Inversnaid.

Royal Film Archive of Belgium - CINEMATEK

Episode of a promotional film shot by the Film Service of the Belgian Army and showing various touristic aspects and places of Belgium.

National Museum of Cinema

A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of the Bernina railway climbing up through snowbound mountains…

Italian National Film Library

This documentary shows the air raid undertaken by Gabriele D’Annunzio over Vienna on August 9th, 1918, to drop propaganda leaflets over the enemies. The documentary is made of real images taken from the airplanes during the flight and after the landing, s…

National Library of Scotland

Home movie footage of family holidays in Dunoon and steamer trips around the Clyde Coast in the 1930s. Also includes shots of the Kelvin Hall carnival and Glasgow street scenes in the 1940s.

National Film Archive

A melancholic film walk through snow-covered Prague introducing to its viewers the most famous places and architectonic jewels of the city - Petřín, Hradčany, Karlův most (Charles Bridge), Zlatá ulička (the Golden Lane), Novozámecké schody (New Chateau St…

National Museum of Cinema

The film is made up of three episodes: In the gulf of La Spezia, The Val D’Aosta and In the Picturesque Lagoon. It is probably a new edition distributed by Tiziano Film in which older films produced by the Pasquali company have been assembled. …

National Film Archive

The High Tatras in the summer. Huge mountain peaks (for example Kriváň. Solisko, Garnek, Satan, Gerlachovský šrír, Mangusovské štíty, Lomnický štít), romantic valleys (Zlomiská dolina, Velická dolina), mountain brooks (Ľadový, Horský), wa…

National Film Archive

A film walk through Prague, to busy Wenceslas Square and Old Town Square, focused on notable sights of the New Town and mainly the Old Town of Prague.

National Library of Scotland

A compilation of civic events and street scenes in Dundee from the 1930s to the 1950s, including Armistice Day, a visit by Princess Elizabeth, city lights and the Town House being prepared for demolition.

National Library of Scotland

Holiday footage of a train journey to Austria, including scenes in Innsbruck and the surrounding mountains.

National Museum of Cinema

Home movie depicting the Lake Como from its shore and from a ferry boat. A long pan shot of the lake allows a glimpse of the Tempio Voltiano (Volta Temple, a museum dedicated to Alessandro Volta), located on the Lungo Lario Marconi. The movie closes with …