Title:A JOURNEY THROUGH BAVARIA OR WAGNER, RELIGION AND BEER. JULY 11 - AUGUST 18, 1930. PART II [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 6616-2
Other titles:COLLECTION OF COPLEY THAW TRAVELOGUES [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film by an American millionaire of a tour through Germany in 1930 with his wife and friends. A basic travelogue visiting popular tourist sites in Bavaria.
Description: "A Journey through Bavaria or Wagner, Religion and Beer July 11 - August 18, 1930 Part II"
"The beginning of each act was announced by a part of the orchestra, which played the opening bars" The brass section perform outside the opera house. "The entire audience adjourned to the restaurant in the entr'act" Busy crowd scenes. "We also had refreshments" "Many of the audience wore evening clothes despite the fact that the operas began at four in the afternoon" Close-ups of ladies in elegant eveningwear and men in black ties. "The girl in the large hat is Princess Marie Jose of Belgium, now the Crown Princess of Italy" "The house that Mr. and Mrs. Stehli and Peggy and I stayed at" "Mr. and Mrs. Stehli and Peggy ready to go to the opera" "Peggy and Mr. Stehli at Bayreuth" "A castle of King Ludweg of Bavaria, -The Hermitage, near Bayreuth" [sic. Ludwig] "We lunch at a restaurant near the Hermitage" "Wahnfried - the home of Richard Wagner in Bayreuth" "One day we went for a short trip to a famous cave near Bayreuth: Die Teufelhole" "We lunch in a little village inn" "We were regaled by the village chorus" A male voice choir, and a small group of musicians. ""ROTHENBURG Rothenburg is one of the oldest cities in Germany. No house has been constructed or rebuilt within its walls for 400 years. It is mostly 9th, 10th and 11th century" "The Hotel Eisenhut, where we had lunch" "The gate of Rothenburg's Castle, built in 920 A.D." "The City Walls and Watch Towers" "A 650 year old bakery has a lovely Oriel window" General scenes of the town. "The Castle Colmberg - between Rothenberg and Nuremburg. It was the stronghold of a famous robber baron of the 12th century and was built in 1156" "An old church near Rothenburg has a lovely carved wood and painted altar of the 10th century"
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF COPLEY THAW TRAVELOGUES [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:MGH 6616-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1930
Production Country: United States of America
Production Details: Thaw, Lawrence Copley (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords:
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Running time: 10 mins
