Visiting Oberammergau
Creator(s)
- Ms. Ann Major
- Ralph H. Major (Camera Operator)
Biographical History
Ralph H. Major, MD (1884-1970) was an American doctor from Kansas City, Missouri teaching medicine at the University of Munich in the 1930s. His children, Ralph Jr. (b. 1920) and John (b. 1924), attended a boarding school in Marquartstein, Germany during the time. His wife Margaret (b. 1891) and daughter Virginia (b. 1926) visited them in Europe in the summers of 1933, 1934 and 1937. Major captured several reels of 16mm film of Albania and Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Belgium, and England.
Scope and Content
“OBERAMMERGAU” St. Peter and Paul Church in Oberammergau. World War I memorial. People seated at a restaurant. The inscription on the side of the memorial pillar. Other activities in town center. Bavarian-style buildings, people dining, crowded streets.
Note(s)
The reversal print (FV4249.2) was digitized in March 2018 at Colorlab and contains mostly the same content as Film ID 4249.1 (the AGFA original). The digital file runs 17:06 minutes. This reversal print labeled "Germany II 1934" is missing the opening title: "HITLERJUGEND” (16 seconds).
Subjects
- CHILDREN
- MEMORIALS
- EATING
- FAMILIES
- NUNS
- CHURCHES
- CITIES
- GERMANS
Places
- Oberammergau, Germany
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film