Sightseeing; Skiing
Creator(s)
- Walter Hausner (Camera Operator)
- Elizabeth Hausner
Biographical History
Walter Hausner (April 24, 1914-February 5, 2003) was a member of the Austrian amateur film society in Vienna. His father, Ferdinand (1883-1957) owned a firm for fabrics and fashion articles with factories in Vienna and Jihlava, Czechoslovakia with business partner Siegfried Furst. Walter’s mother, Wilhelmina Bloch, died from cancer in 1937. Walter and Ferdinand managed to leave Vienna together just before the plebiscite in March 1938 on a plane which was brought down in Berlin. The Nazis required Ferdinand to supply an inventory of his assets. His friend and fashion designer, Claire Rennai, had a visa to go to the United States and married Ferdinand to help him get out of Austria. Walter made it to England where he had planned to establish another factory for the family textile firm. He was interned as an enemy alien. Walter later served in the British Army, where he met a singer, Irene Jones (1921-2014) performing for the troops. They married and emigrated to the New York region in 1948.
Scope and Content
INTs, the family sits on a couch, drinking coffee. Lion sculpture, female tour-guide. The mates hold hands around a large tree (dark). They visit historic places, gardens, churches in Kolín. Scenic views of a river. Church. Cute kittens. Downed trees. 01:02:19 An elderly man (Solomon) stands in the road, possibly in Czechoslovakia near the family factory in Jihlava. 01:02:23 Outside a hotel or resort (people lounge on chairs), brief shot of Ferdinand Hausner walking towards the camera accompanied by a young man with glasses (who appears in other films). Walter in a dark sui, walks on a wooded path approaching the camera. Scenic hills. 01:02:36 A woman skis. Scenic shots of the snowy slope. People zoom through an opening in a gate on their skis, some wipe out. Some put on skis and some tredge through deep snow. More sledding and falling. Girl jokes around. They try out the slope again. 01:06:14 Young women converse on a hill. Back at the ski slope, people ski, wipe out, wrestle. INT, couple tussle with a sled. Balcony. Snow-covered ski-town. More skiing. The friends converse beside ski hut, and pose for the camera. They ski down the hill together, some fall and laugh. Slalom practice. INT, dark shot of man with glasses writing at a desk, map on wall in BG. Film ends.
Subjects
- RIVERS
- CZECHOSLOVAKIA
- WOMEN
- SPORTS/GAMES
- WINTER
- AUSTRIA
- WINTER
- CHURCHES
- EATING
- TOURISM/SIGHTSEEING
- FAMILIES
- JEWISH LIFE (PRE-WAR)
Places
- Vienna, Austria
- Kolín, Czechoslovakia
- , Czechoslovakia
- , Austria
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film