Metadata
WORK ID: YFA 3514 (Master Record)
Title | Year | Date |
TYROLEAN DAYS IN SUMMER | 1950 | 1950-01-01 |
Details
Original Format: 16mm Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 15 mins 14 secs Credits: Ernest Taylor Subject: Rural Life Architecture |
Summary A film made by Ernest Taylor of a Holiday in Tyrol. |
Description
A film made by Ernest Taylor of a Holiday in Tyrol.
Title: 'Tyrolean Days In Summer' 'Produced by Ernest Taylor' The credits run over the top of a film showing a man dressed in traditional costume sitting at a table with a traditional pipe and beer mug.
The film opens with the passenger luggage being loaded onto a ferry departing from Dover. Next the passengers are disembarking at Calais.
Intertitle: 'We arrive at St. Anton' A train pulled by an electric...
A film made by Ernest Taylor of a Holiday in Tyrol.
Title: 'Tyrolean Days In Summer' 'Produced by Ernest Taylor' The credits run over the top of a film showing a man dressed in traditional costume sitting at a table with a traditional pipe and beer mug.
The film opens with the passenger luggage being loaded onto a ferry departing from Dover. Next the passengers are disembarking at Calais.
Intertitle: 'We arrive at St. Anton' A train pulled by an electric traction unit arrives at St. Anton Railway Station.
Intertitle: 'And see some scenes of the village and countryside' Some street scenes are shown, with a man pushing a wagon of timber down the road and a woman washing from a communal water pump. Some locals pose for the camera and a couple of motorbikes pass by.
Intertitle: 'Preparing fuel for winter' Two men are sawing logs and then chopping it. An elderly local man poses for the camera. Then a group of young children, being escorted by a nun, walk past. They are followed by a young woman in Austrian dress who is out walking a dog through the fields.
Intertitle: 'One of many mountain rivers' From a distance a river flows past trees down a mountain. Some snow is shown, then a waterfall and then the river further down. After that the village as a whole is shown.
Intertitle: 'A day excursion to Innsbruck' People board a bus which drives off before arriving in Innsbruck. Various places in central Innsbruck are seen, including Annasaule (St. Anne's Column) with the mountains in the background. The shop front of Ernst Schmid Innsbruck is shown followed by more street scenes ands a shop window with fancy bottles. After showing the Triumphal Arch some local people are filmed followed by scenes of the surrounding countryside. The film shows more street architecture, local people and the surrounding terrain.
Intertitle: 'More scenes in St. Anton' The cable car is filmed form underneath.
Intertitle: 'We take a trip by cable railway to 7,300 ft.' The surrounding mountains are filmed from inside a cable car. Next the film shows an elderly man trying to walk on a snowy slope but repeatedly falling over.
Intertitle: '6 a.m. early morning drive into the mountains' A man is shepherding a herd of goats through a country village followed by a horse and cart. Next there is a horse and foal in a field, and a group of locals are gathered in a street chatting. Some village scenes are followed by the locals emerging from church, and two men wearing traditional hats with feathers pose for the camera.
Intertitle: 'We say goodbye to Tyrolean days' A group of men in traditional costume are sat outside being served beer. Next a train is departing. The End.
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