Mountain meadows (1930-1939)

Footage №66775, 2 parts, black-white
Availability:Film hasn't been digitized

Reel №1

Germany.

Dawn in the mountains.

Village in the Bavarian Alps, household employment peasants.

In the yard chickens roam, cows in drinkers.

The farmer gives pig feed and drink.

Milking cows.

Children feeding cattle.

Peasant Family at the table.

Farmers come from homes with scythes and rakes, climb the steep slopes of the mountains.

In contrast to the inhabitants of the plains they have to earn their daily bread in the fight against the harsh nature of the mountain.

The man puts on his shoes spikes.

Farmers mow grass on a steep slope.

At the sound of falling rocks, all rush to the shelter, and then continue to work.

Lunch break.

Someone is eating, while others squatted on the ground

Key words

Germany, mountains, peasants, family, birds, animals, domestic, natural phenomena, vacation

Reel №2

Germany.

The wind picks up, heralding a storm, swaying grass.

Farmers quickly clean grass clippings, is formed in the stack, Shoulder and with this burden hurry down.

The storm in the mountains, lightning, thunder.

Man reaches the home, dump the hay in the barn, go home.

But a new problem: the flow has broken through the dam in the mountains.

The men returned to the mountain with shovels, picks, gully showered with stones and branches.

The village is saved.

Men gather in a large house at the table, a woman takes them wine.

At the table heard folk songs.

Mountain scenery

Key words

Germany, mountains, farmers, natural phenomena, the population, the dam, women, sports, entertainment

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