Shot by an American tourist, this color home movie shows a trip to Austria, Bavaria and Germany circa the mid-1950s to early 1960s.
Opening: A tall church-like structure with rotating figurines (:08). Title card: The Austrian Tyrol, The Castle of Hohenschwangan, belonging to Maximillian II, father of Ludwig II (:59). Castle on a hillside (1:04). Neuschwanstein, stands 3306 feet above sea level, Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th-century Romanesque Revival palace on a rugged hill above the village of Hohenschwangau near Füssen in southwest Bavaria, Germany (1:23). Inside the castle: a couch (1:46). Alpen Hotel Erdt, Mittenwald Bavaria (1:52). People on a horse and buggy (2:03). Cloudy mountains (2:11). People walk around a picturesque German town (2:35). A man plays a guitar (3:19). A man performs woodworking (3:44). A town at the base of numerous surrounding fog shrouded mountains (4:29). Paintings on the exterior buildings are done by local artists, they often portray the business or profession (4:40). A cow walks down a street (4:54). A couple walks around a small town (5:08). Mountaintops with fog, clouds, and snow (5:39). People in a town sit around, some walk (5:53). A small cablecar or ski lift comes down a line (6:22). It’s possible this is the Karwendelbahn, but if so the film is a lot later than we thought as that particular cableway did not operate until 1967! Going on a sky ride with a town in the background (6:35). Mountains (6:43). Cross with the year 1948 displayed on it. Sky ride (7:14). A modest home (7:35). Cows crossing a street (7:43). Cows graze (8:40). A sheepherder (9:08). Filming people from a movie car (9:22). Mary, mother of Jesus, statue (10:05). A woman waters plants outside her home (10:11). Small town tucked in rolling green hills (10:34). A small town (11:13). Men, women, and children walk past a cafe (11:25). A small town center; businesses and automobiles (11:49). Hotel Goldene Rose in Heidelberg, Germany (12:23). A street in Heidelberg, Germany (12:32). People walk around a street (12:56). Narrow street in Germany (13:07). Women walk down a street (13:54). Small German town skyline (14:20). Hotel Eisenhut in Rothenburg, Bavaria, Germany (15:03). Children sit on the grass (15:14). A calm river goes under a covered bridge near apartments (15:58). Women sell flowers in a marketplace in front of a cathedral (16:19). A waiter and some people hold mugs of beer (16:57).
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