[1930 HOME MOVIE TRIP TO GENEVA, INTERLAKEN AND THE JUNGFRAU]

Genres: hom, home movie

Year Published: 1930

Description:

Shot by an unidentified American tourist, this 1930 home movie shows various landmarks and tourist destination from a trip to Switzerland and the Swiss Alps. The film begins with a blurry painting of three women. Title card: “Geneva - Switzerland” (0:23). Black-and-white shot of a cable car on Mont-Blanc Bridge and Lake Geneva (0:31). Title card: “Lake Geneva” (1:02). Blurry shot of Lake Geneva with mountains in the background. Title card: Beautus Falls - Interlaken, Switzerland” (1:17). St. Beatus Waterfall (1:27); a woman stands on a bridge by the falls. Title card: “Interlaken” (2:07). Interlaken is a popular tourist destination; the camera shows the Swiss Alps in the background (2:24). Title card: “Trip to Summit of Mt. “Jung Frau” in Swiss Alps” (2:53). Jungfrau, 4,158 meters high, is one of the main peaks in the Bernese Alps. A closeup of the mountain peaks, which are covered with snow, from the window of a train (3:50). Passengers disembark from a train (4:47). A person tries to tug someone up by the hand who is stuck in the snow (5:01). Visitors in coats and hats make their way unsteadily across the snowy ground (5:52). More somewhat blurry shots of snowy mountainsides and clouds (6:27). Skiers going down the mountain (7:05). A group of men and women, some on skis, pose for a group photo (7:36). Pine trees overlooking the town (8:19). Title card: “A beautiful rainbow at Interlaken” (8:47). A rainbow arches across the sky. A painting of a woman in a bonnet, probably The Milkmaid by Vermeer (9:17).

Complete Record: Shot by an unidentified American tourist, this 1930 home movie shows various landmarks and tourist destination from a trip to Switzerland and the Swiss Alps. The film begins with a blurry painting of three women. Title card: “Geneva - Switzerland” (0:23). Black-and-white shot of a cable car on Mont-Blanc Bridge and Lake Geneva (0:31). Title card: “Lake Geneva” (1:02). Blurry shot of Lake Geneva with mountains in the background. Title card: Beautus Falls - Interlaken, Switzerland” (1:17). St. Beatus Waterfall (1:27); a woman stands on a bridge by the falls. Title card: “Interlaken” (2:07). Interlaken is a popular tourist destination; the camera shows the Swiss Alps in the background (2:24). Title card: “Trip to Summit of Mt. “Jung Frau” in Swiss Alps” (2:53). Jungfrau, 4,158 meters high, is one of the main peaks in the Bernese Alps. A closeup of the mountain peaks, which are covered with snow, from the window of a train (3:50). Passengers disembark from a train (4:47). A person tries to tug someone up by the hand who is stuck in the snow (5:01). Visitors in coats and hats make their way unsteadily across the snowy ground (5:52). More somewhat blurry shots of snowy mountainsides and clouds (6:27). Skiers going down the mountain (7:05). A group of men and women, some on skis, pose for a group photo (7:36). Pine trees overlooking the town (8:19). Title card: “A beautiful rainbow at Interlaken” (8:47). A rainbow arches across the sky. A painting of a woman in a bonnet, probably The Milkmaid by Vermeer (9:17).