Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY ARTHUR GREEN [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur colour film shot by Arthur Green, a Greater London Council Assistant Scientific Officer, recording his holiday in Switzerland in 1937.
Description: The film opens with the title "A F Green presents SWITZERLAND 1937", followed by a shot of the Swiss flag. Title "LUCERNE" various brief shots of the town and the River Reuss. Title "UP THE RIGI" brief shots taken en route to the Mount Rigi - views from the river, the train and from the viewpoint on the mountain. Title "RHONE GLACIER", brief views of the glacier including two men sliding down part of the glacier for amusement. Title "HANDEGG FALLS" view of the waterfalls. Title "MUSIC FESTIVAL ARBON" a parade including several brass bands, athletes, women in traditional dress and a person dressed as a bear. Title "RHINE FALLS SCHAFHAUSEN" (sic Schaffhausen) the large waterfalls. Title "BURGENSTOCK" a boat on Lake Lucerne (included a brief shot of a young man wearing glasses, probably the cameraman Arthur Green), brief views of, and from, the Burgenstock Bahnen mountain railway, the Hammetschwand lift followed by views of the terrace and a waitress at one of the Burgenstock Hotels. Title "SO WE LEFT LUCERNE" views of, and from, a moving train. The town of Grindelwald and surrounding countryside. Title "JUNGFRAUJOCH" the snow covered mountains and a party of tourists. Title "LAKE BRIENZ" brief views of the lake. Title "AUGUST 1 CONFEDERATION DAY" a young women wearing traditional dress and a label badge. (Film end abruptly).
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY ARTHUR GREEN [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 5109
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1937
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Green, Arthur F2001 (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 175 ft ca; Running time: 15 mins (16 fps)
