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National Museum of Cinema

Il film, documentario paesaggistico di grande suggestione, deve alcuni tra i suoi momenti più felici alla tecnica del phantom ride che sfrutta la dinamica di riprese compiute con la macchina da presa montata su veicoli in movimento. Ogni mezzo di trasport…

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" is an advertisement film for the city of Frankfurt, supported by the office for tourism and science. Art student Ursula serves as a tour guide of the "metropolis on the river Main" and presents the first high ri…

National Museum of Cinema

Un ferry boat scarica un treno sulle coste della Sicilia; il vapore si mette in moto, la ferrovia si snoda tra paesaggi brulli e coste pittoresche. Nel frattempo ci vengono mostrate la raccolta dei frutti di mare, il via vai della gente al porto e le rov…

National Museum of Cinema

Vedute di alcune tra le più note località spagnole: Madrid, Barcellona, la baia di S. Sebastiano, Burgos, Segovia, Malaga. Vengono mostrati il combattimento dei galli, il palazzo dell’Alambra a Granata e le rive riprese da un’imbarcazione in navigazione. …

National Museum of Cinema

La panoramica con cui si apre il film individua subito chi sono i veri protagonisti: i canali, l’acqua imbrigliata nei percorsi predisposti dall’uomo per strappare terra al mare. La macchina da presa viaggia a pelo d’acqua, insinuandosi tra le chiatte, co…

Spanish Cinemathèque

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

National Museum of Cinema

Per carnevale Piazza Vittorio Veneto è stata trasformata in un gigante luna park, dove adulti e bambini festeggiano la vivace ricorrenza vestiti in maschera. Sfilano i carri allegorici accompagnati dalla banda musicale. Alcuni scolari inneggiano al somaro…

DFF – German Film Institute & Film Museum

This short documentary encapsulates the experiences of a tourist who spends eight hours in London. A humorous narrator guides the audience through London streets, while a dynamic music emphasizes the rhythm of a city full of contrasts and cultural diversi…

National Museum of Cinema

Un documentario realizzato da Silvio Giacotto - Commento di Marziano Bernardi - Rudi Windsor all'organo elettrico. Documentario sul monumento simbolo di Torino. Il video è un riversamento dalla copia in pellicola conservata al Museo Nazionale del Cine…

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

Riprese amatoriali che ritraggono scene di vita familiare presso la valle di Valtournenche (Valle d'Aosta), durante l'estate del 1927. Tra i momenti ripresi, una gita nella località montana di Breuil-Cervinia e al vicino Lago Blu (Lac Bleu). …

Landesfilmsammlung Baden-Württemberg

A short documentary about Stuttgart before, during and after the war. The opening credits list a narrator, but the sound track appears to be lost. The camera portrays some of Stuttgarts architectural landmarks in the 1930s and documents their destruction …

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

Journey from Freiburg to Hamburg along the Rhine; visit to the grave of the son killed in 1945; return journey via Hamelin, Hanover and Münden.

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

Documentario ambientato nella Svizzera Italiana, le cui bellezze sono rivelate attraverso “phantom rides” sulla Cremagliera di Brunate, tramonti in controluce sul lago di Como e riprese della ferrovia del Bernina che si inerpica per le montagne innevate. …

Italian National Film Library

Documentario che mostra il raid aereo intrapreso il 9 agosto 1918 da Gabriele D’Annunzio al comando di undici aerei Ansaldo S.V.A., 87ª Squadriglia Aeroplani, detta la Serenissima, per lanciare volantini propagandistici su Vienna. Si tratta di un montaggi…

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

Il film si compone di tre episodi: Nel golfo di Spezia, La val d’Aosta e Nella laguna pittoresca. Si tratta probabilmente di una riedizione distribuita dalla Tiziano Film in cui sono stati assemblati film più antichi prodotti dalla casa Pasquali. …

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

Filmato amatoriale. Immagini del lago di Como dalle rive e da un battello. La panoramica dal porto di Como permette di intravedere perfettamente il Tempio Voltiano, situato sul Lungo Lario Marconi. Seguono immagini della fermata degli autobus gremita di b…