ROMANTIC CASTLES : between Heidelberg and Rothenburg [Main Title]

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  • Title: ROMANTIC CASTLES : between Heidelberg and Rothenburg [Main Title]
  • Film Number: GWY 711
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  • Summary: Travelogue illustrates a succession of old German towns, churches and castles in the region bounded by the Neckar and Tauber rivers.
  • Description: Commentary dwells on the rich and ancient cultural heritage of the region where "peasants and townsfolk leisurely pursue their occupations" in tranquil surroundings. This idyllic image of the present complements the film's reverential view of Germany's thousand year old civilisation, characterised by shots of the following: Heidelberg, Neuburg Benedictine monastery, Neckarsteinach, Dilsberg, Zwingenberg castle, Hornberg castle, Wimpfen, Heilbronn, Maulbronn Cistercian monastery, Weinsberg, Oehringen, Neuenstein castle, Comburg castle and Rothenburg.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: GWY 711
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM-GERMAN Attribution: IWM – GWY 711
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1938
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Production Details: RDV (Reichsbahnzentrale füxfc;r den Deutschen Reiseverkehr) (Production sponsor) Doering-Films (Production company) Fidelity Distributors (Distributor) Wenneis, F (Production individual)
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  • Keywords: buildings, German - historic: Comburg Castle (object name) buildings, German - historic: Hornberg Castle (object name) buildings, German - historic: Neuenstein Castle (object name) buildings, German - historic: Zwingenberg Castle (object name) buildings, German - religious: Maulbronn Cistercian monastery (object name) buildings, German - religious: Neuburg Benedictine Monastery (object name) propaganda, German - tourism (object name) society, German - history (object name) Germany & Dilsberg, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography) Germany & Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography) Germany & Heilbronn, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography) Germany & Neckar (River) (geography) Germany & Neckarsteinach, Hesse (geography) Germany & Oehringen (geography) Germany & Rothenburg, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography) Germany & Tauber (River) (geography) Germany & Weinsberg, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography) Germany & Wimpfen, Baden-Wurttemberg (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 1208 ft; Running time: 13 mins
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