Film 5. 1 film reel (10:50 min.) : si., b&w : 16 mm, 1937?
Begins with title cards in the style of silent movie signs which introduce the scene of Vienna, Austria (0:00). Sights include St. Stephen's Cathedral and "Kaerntnerstreet" (0:15), Opera House and Opernring (0:39), Monument of Empress Maria Theresa and Art History Museum (0:47), Old and New Imperial Palace (1:00), Votiv Church (1:20), Parliament (1:26), City Hall (1:36), St. Charles Church (1:54), Town Park with Kursalon and Strauss Monument (2:01), Danube Canal and Observatory (2:16), the "Prater" Amusement Park of Viennese People (2:24), Municipal Tenement Buildings (2:40), Old Viennese Homes (3:10), the Very Ancient "Griechenbeisel" (3:14) Castle of Schoenbrunn (3:22), the town of Grinzing (3:34). The second half of the film is of Venice, Italy, but without title cards. Scenes include Piazza San Marco (4:25), Doges Palace (6:21), St. Mark's Basilica (6:02), Clocktower (5:33), and the Campanile (4:54). Scenes of feeding pigeons (5:18), eating at outdoor cafes (6:25), gondolas and gondoliers (7:31), merchants on the water (8:35, 9:13). Ends with a brief view of an ancient amphitheater (10:39). Family members seen in the Venice section include Eugene and Stephanie "Steffy" Goldner Ormandy, Franz "Franzl" Elbogen, Julia "Mady" Goldner Elbogen, and Herman Goldner. On the label but apparently not on the reel: Emma "Alte" Adler Goldner, Anna "Hanni" Elbogen (Forester), and perhaps Joseph "Pepi" Schildkraut, nor scenes from Annenheim.
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