| SIXTY SECONDS IN BERNE SWITZERLAND Travelogue style piece showing landmarks and inhabitants of Berne. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6726 | |
| Catalog #: | 373594 | |
| Clip Number: | 373594-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 83 | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:21 - 01:20:16 | |
| Location: | Berne, Switzerland | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DOMESTIC LIFE: Laundry LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Switzerland SCENICS: Urban | |
| Description: | SIXTY SECONDS IN BERNE SWITZERLAND Travelogue style piece showing landmarks and inhabitants of Berne. Street scene: man and woman walking through arch in medieval wall (wall has emblem w/ date 1441); apotheke just in BG; boy runs past in FG. MCU elderly Swiss couple sit together; man is smoking pipe, woman is knitting. CU the old man. MCU ancient clock built on wall w/ figures moving around in a circle. Pulled back shot of same, showing that the clock is part of a wall above another arch. Laundry by the river: LS woman beating clothes on a slanted board, while a man uses a bucket on a long stick to dip water out of the fast-flowing river. LS 2 women workers beating laundry; woman washing clothes in washtub; another woman joins her to help her wring out a garment. Beautiful garden pool w. cascading water steps and fountain. Shot of house behind iron fence, w/ trees & bushes in yard; Union Jack on pole mounted high on the bldg. British embassy? | |
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