Home Movie: 004127 (silent)

Description: Footage of a road trip around the Alpine regions of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy that seems to be filmed very recently after the end of World War II.

Intertitles: "By motor car to the Grossglocker" / "Merano" / "Along the Danube from Passau into the Wachau Region" / "Nuremberg" / "Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Zugspitze"

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Subjects: Tourism; Transportation; Road trips; 1950s

Tags: bicycles; German permit; Alps; windshield decals; roadblocks; border crossings; mountain roads; tunnels; cows; dramatic vistas; alpine landscapes; Schnellgaststätte; Edelweisshütte; Volkswagen beetle; hairpin turns; produce markets; touring; cathedrals; Gothic architecture; war reparations; bomb damage; medieval housing stock; cobblestone streets; covered bridges; willow trees; chair lifts; mountain trains; alpine lake resort; multilingual intertitles; Halt! sign; snow-covered mountains; rivers; Europe; European cities; half-timbered buildings; town squares; Eibsee; Zugspitze; Swiss chalets; passenger trains; light rail; trams; cable cars; gondolas; boating; Grossglockner; filmed from a boat

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Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: circa 1950s

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Geographical Location: Merano, Italy; Italy; Germany; Austria; Switzerland; Fusch, Austria; Passau, Germany; Wachau, Austria; Nuremberg, Germany; Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany; Bavaria, Germany; Danube River

Genre/Form: home movie

Language: deu,eng,fra,spa

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Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

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Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

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Frame Rate: 16 fps

Length (feet): 525