Synopsis
This black & white educational film is about the country of Switzerland. This is circa 1953. Opening titles: Films of the Nations present Let's Look at Switzerland (:09-:46). A lake looks like a mirror with reflections of pine trees as a woman plays an accordion. Snow capped Alpine Mountain. Mountains in the distance with a town below. Castle on a hill. Lake and trees. The Rhine river flows and creates Lake Constance, a border between Germany and Switzerland. The water flows around rocks. A train goes over a bridge (:47-1:38). The canton of Bern is the second-largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. The farmland in Bern is among the richest in the country. A man walks near cattle. Farmhouses. A car drives by. City of Bern - shops, people, buildings, a clock tower. A clock with bears on it. A bear pit where bears sit and play. Tourists and locals (1:39-3:21). Appenzell is close to Germany. A man from Appenzell wears a hat. A church. Women in costume. The buildings look like they are out of a fairy tale. Ticino is in southern Switzerland. Mountains, buildings. People get out of boats. St. Moritz is a luxury alpine resort town in Switzerland’s Engadin valley. A car drives. Tall mountains. Car drives through a tunnel. Snow capped mountains (3:22-5:28). A woman feeds animals on a mountaintop. Lake Geneva, a couple looks over the city. Women look…
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- Running time
- 12 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
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- Stock Footage