German educational film: Scenes of nature and daily life in Spreewald, Germany

Identifier
irn1003131
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.189.1
  • RG-60.3648
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

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Scope and Content

Described in the opening titles of the film, as a "nature film", this footage depicts the town of Spreewald in the Brandenburg section of Germany. VS, EXT, stream, trees, various flora and fauna, wooden homes, locals canoeing down a stream or a river, farming, tending to the soil and to crops. VS, two canoes with two groups of children heading downstream, and then docking in front of their schoolhouse. MS of a police officer in uniform, patrolling in canoe. Bails of hay are also transported along the river. The rest of the footage is comprised of similar scenes of locals carrying out daily tasks and travelling along the river in canoes. A few good CUs of farmers sorting baskets of cucumbers, radishes, and oversized pumpkins and loading them into his canoe for transport.

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.