Produced by Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. of Rochester, NY this silent educational film titled “Denmark” highlights various aspects of Danish life in the 1930s. The tinted, black and white film opens with Denmark’s dairy and agricultural industries, which at the time, formed 80% of the country’s exports. The film then goes on to depict Denmark’s thriving and esteemed chocolate and porcelain production – something for which the country is still famous today. Lastly, this film highlights different ways of life and various architectural wonders such as castles from the nation’s bustling capital in Copenhagen to the quiet Medieval town of Odense.
Title page (0:09). Danish flag waves in wind (0:12). Globe highlights how far north Denmark is compared to Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada (0:21). European continent, pointer indicating Denmark (1:04). Denmark and neighboring Scandinavian countries Norway and Sweden (1:30). Farmer uses horses to till soil (1:41). Horse-operated harvesting machine collects hay (1:49). Hay is gathered by laborers and hay bales are created (1:56). Farm products are brought to a local cooperative (2:35). Grain is processed and distributed into burlap sacks (2:45). Dairy cows at the cooperative (3:00). Milk brought to local creamery for pasteurizing (3:28). Butter-churn barrels at work (3:49). Pigs in their pen during feeding time (4:05). Woman feeds chickens at a poultry farm (4:23). Man sorts fresh eggs (4:30). Eggs are packaged into wooden crates (4:46). Agricultural products ready for export and loading onto ships at port (4:58). Camera pans shipyard with various boats and ships being built – perhaps Aalborg Shipyard (5:13). Close-up of machinery (5:32). Products made from imported raw materials: matches (5:48). Lumber offloaded from the Glengarry at a port (5:57). Scenes of factory interior, machinery, and male and female laborers at work to produce matches (6:11). Chocolate (6:51). Women at work on the assembly line of a chocolate factory (7:00). Women package the fresh chocolates (7:30). Porcelain (7:33). Male craftsmen inside a porcelain production house (7:37). Man smoking pipe paints detailing onto a finished porcelain sculpture (7:55). Clips of finished porcelain finery (8:00). Architectural examples of half-timbered buildings in old towns dating to the Middle Ages (8:13). Cattle walk along cobblestone road in town (8:19). Elderly woman weaves threads (8:23). Rowboats tied to dock in a canal (8:27). Scenes from town of Odense, Denmark – birthplace of author Hans Christian Anderson (8:36). Interior details of Hans Christian Anderson’s home in Odense (8:52). Trains arriving in Copenhagen from Berlin via train ferries that cross the Baltic Sea (8:59). Train ferry arrives in Copenhagen (9:13). Scenes from the capital city of Copenhagen (9:20). Exterior and interior shots of Copenhagen Central Station (9:23). Christiansborg Palace on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen – meeting place of the Danish Parliament (9:35). Rosenborg Castle – Renaissance-style castle where Danish Crown Jewels are kept (9:47). Vault containing the Danish Crown Jewels (10:03). The Copenhagen Stock Exchange building (now the Nasdaq Copenhagen) (10:15). Copenhagen City Hall Square featuring Copenhagen City Hall and outdoor public market (10:23). Crowded market streets with vendors and customers (10:31). Danes riding bicycles (10:50). Kids play on rocks near the Little Mermaid (statue) at Langelinie (11:07). The Indian Pavilion at Tivoli Gardens (11:19). Freeport of Copenhagen (11:30). Stacks of cargo line the Freeport’s docks (11:40). Various views of Kronborg Castle in Helsingør – or Elsinore as referred to in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (11:52). Exterior of then-modern public school building (12:17). Schoolchildren in different classes: science, home economics, and physical education (12:34). Young men do coordinated physical exercises in a field (13:06). Scenes from the Port of Esbjerg fishing harbor (13:18). Fish sold at auction (13:43). The Coast Guard, made up of fishermen, saves a distressed ship (13:56)
A title card at the end of this particular print indicates it was once property of the Board of Education of the City of New York, and presumably shown in NYC schools.
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