German educational film: Scenes of nature and daily life in Spreewald, Germany
Creator(s)
- Dr. Steven Zabin
- Naturfilm Hubert Schonger (Producer)
- Reichsanstalt fur Bild und Film in Wissenschaft und Unterricht [RWU] (Producer)
Scope and Content
Described in the opening titles of the film, as a "nature film", this footage depicts the town of Spreewald in the Brandenburg section of Germany. VS, EXT, stream, trees, various flora and fauna, wooden homes, locals canoeing down a stream or a river, farming, tending to the soil and to crops. VS, two canoes with two groups of children heading downstream, and then docking in front of their schoolhouse. MS of a police officer in uniform, patrolling in canoe. Bails of hay are also transported along the river. The rest of the footage is comprised of similar scenes of locals carrying out daily tasks and travelling along the river in canoes. A few good CUs of farmers sorting baskets of cucumbers, radishes, and oversized pumpkins and loading them into his canoe for transport.
Subjects
- RIVERS
- PEASANTS
- POLICE (GERMAN)
- SCHOOLS
- FORESTS
- FOOD
- CHILDREN
- WOMEN
- GERMANS
- POLICE
- FARMERS/FARMING
- GERMANY
- BOATS
Places
- Brandenburg, Germany
- Spreewald, Germany
Genre
- Film
- Instructional.