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ONTARIO FILM INSTITUTE

1977-0204

Film

1 of 1

1952

Vitaphone Corporation

director/photography, André de La Varre; scenario, Owen Crump; narrator, Art Gilmore; music, William Lava

Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.

The record of a trip abroad. Sequences on London and the Houses of Parliament, on Copenhagen and a ring-riding contest, on Holland and windmills, canals, Dutch costumes, and a cheese market. A street musician playing several instruments at once provides the music. The usual tourist attractions are shown in Paris. The narrator dwells on the story of Joan of Arc and scenes of her native region and of Rouen. Sequences on Marseilles the Chateau d'If and tourists visiting the famous landmark. Sequences on Spanish architecture and the Moorish influence. In Italy the camera focuses on Pisa, Florence, Rome, St. Peter's, and various historic monuments. In Naples folk dancers perform the Tarantella. Boating sequence on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. In Interlaken the camera follows mountain climbers as they scale precipitous cliffs. Back in Paris scenes of Versailles are shown and parts of Paris from an ascending elevator in the Eiffel Tower.

English

Open

V1 8906-0017

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Under copyright.

Copyright owner: Vitaphone Corporation.

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