Children of Switzerland

Duration: 11

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1940

Creator: erpi

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the influences of an Alpine environment upon a frugal people whose chief means of livelihood is their cattle. Pictures a Swiss boy and girl at typical activities at home and in the village shops, where tourists are seen admiring the clocks and woodcarvings. Shows both children accompanying their mother up a steep mountain to the summer pasture where their father and brother are tending the cattle., Tells about a boy and girl living in a pastoral region of the Swiss Alps. Pictures them at home and shows them taking fresh food to the men who are tending the cattle. Follows them to a nearby village as they visit shops where clocks and woodcarvings are sold.

Complete Record: Portrays the influences of an Alpine environment upon a frugal people whose chief means of livelihood is their cattle. Pictures a Swiss boy and girl at typical activities at home and in the village shops, where tourists are seen admiring the clocks and woodcarvings. Shows both children accompanying their mother up a steep mountain to the summer pasture where their father and brother are tending the cattle., Tells about a boy and girl living in a pastoral region of the Swiss Alps. Pictures them at home and shows them taking fresh food to the men who are tending the cattle. Follows them to a nearby village as they visit shops where clocks and woodcarvings are sold.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.