1940’S Home Movie “Trip to Malmo, Sweden” 60404 (1940)

Synopsis

This home movie from the mid to late 1940’s takes viewers on a tour through Malmo. Malmo is the largest city in Scandinavia, Sweden. It is a coastal city including sites such as the Lilla Torg and the Malmo Castle. It opens with a blue trolley car moving down the city streets (:09). Some of the intricate architecture and window balconies are zoomed in on (:22). An ‘Annie Get Your Gun’ poster is seen at (:39) for the film produced by MGM and released in 1950 based loosely off the life of Annie Oakley. Large yellow flowers are seen around the square known as the Lilla Torg (:48). A fountain is zoomed in on in the center of the square (1:01) to show the statue of a man with fish spewing water at his feet (1:15). Boats bob in the harbor (1:21). Pedestrians purchase goods directly from these boats (1:59). A man on a small fishing boat sells small paper bags of crustaceans to the visitors (2:16). The statue Charles X Gustav; the King of Sweden from 1654 until his death, depicts Gustav on horseback (3:49). A panoramic shot follows moving around the town to capture the mountains in the background (4:16). Shops lining the streets include an ice cream shop called ‘Mikado Isbar’ (5:09). Enlisted men walk up the sidewalk (5:25). Tourists and pedestrians purchase papers and magazines from a small news stand (5:41). A deer and stag statue follows (7:55) as well as a picturesque shot of a blue lake and mountains in the distance (8:20). The local bus station is viewed (8:41). Suburban…

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Running time

16 minutes

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage