Title:A JOURNEY THROUGH BAVARIA OR WAGNER, RELIGION AND BEER JULY 11 - AUGUST 18, 1930. PART III [Main Title]
Film Number:MGH 6616-3
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 III"
"MUNICH Munich is the largest city in Bavaria. Architecturally it is beautiful and quite medieval in spots" General scenes of the city. "Old Munich" "The River Isar flows through the city" More views of the city's landmarks. "Another castle of King Ludweg, just outside of Munich" [sic. Ludwig] "Its gardens are beautiful" "The castle grounds are filled with tame deer" Mr Stehli, Peggy and Larry feed the deer. "In Munich is a modern copy of the old clocks with moving figures. This one was built 20 years ago." "We leave the Bavarian plains and approach the Bavarian Alps" "OBERAMMERGAU Oberammergau is a little village lying in the Alps and is famous for its Passion Play given every 10 years. A view of our hotel which like most of the buildings is covered with religious paintings" "A typical villager. Almost all of the inhabitants of Oberammergau take part in the Passion Play and all, even the small boys, allow their hair to grow for several years before the play is given in order to look like Biblical characters without the aid of artificial makeup" Portraits of individual villagers and children playing. "The theatre in which the Passion Play is given on the outskirts of the village. An audience of 4,000 is seated under the roofed auditorium while the play is given on an open air stage" "Peggy on the balcony of our hotel room" "Oberammergau from one of the adjacent mountains" "From Oberammergau to Salzburg in Austria. Cordelia takes her bonnet off" "A monastery in Oberammergau" "Approaching the Bavarian Alps" "Lovely lakes are frequently seen in these mountains - The Walehen See" "The Kechel See" "Cordelia has some luncheon" The car is refuelled. "Largest of the lakes is the Chiem See. We took a boat out to see its two famous islands: Herren Insl and Frauen Insl" "On the Herren Insl is one of the largest of King Ludweg's palaces" [sic. Ludwig] "A view across the Herren Insl" "Salzburg Its famous castle" "Cathedral steps where the Rhinehart plays are given" [sic. Max Reinhardt] "One of the many lakes near Salzburg" "From Salzburg to St. Moritz. We pass through the Austrian Tyrol travelling due South"
Alternative Title:COLLECTION OF COPLEY THAW TRAVELOGUES [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6616-3
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: 12 mins
