Travelogue showing the delights of Rumania.
London exhibition. Two teenage girls (twins) look at some of the Rumanian Craftware on display at the exhibition. Rumanian women demonstrate weaving techniques.
Rumania – countryside. Farmer and his herd of cows. Scenic shots of the countryside. Carpathian Mountains. Narrator details some of Rumania’s history. Scenes at a racecourse. The tote. Bookmakers. Trotting race. Narrator makes jokes about the Rumanians being capitalists. Chairlift at the skiing resort of Poianna Brasov. Various shots of the countryside – some views from the moving chairlift. “Sport Hotel” with holidaymakers drinking cocktails. Museum opens its gates – ornate architecture. Churches and monastery in Moldavia.
Narrator speaks of how Rumania is reaching westwards for new ideas and inspiration. New buildings and roadways. An oil rig – a sightseeing attraction in Bucharest’s permanent industrial exhibition. Tourists arrive aboard a Caravelle aircraft with the word “Sabena” on the side. Landmarks of Bucharest seen from a car. Traffic warden is seen. High angle shot of a street market. Woman chooses some flowers to buy.
Housing – blocks of flats. The new concert hall and the home of the circus – Big Top Deluxe. People lounging beside a hotel swimming pool – it has a wave machine. Mamaia Rumania’s summer beach resort is featured. Nice shots of people on the beach then holidaymakers relaxing beside their tents in a campsite. Man uses a chest expander whilst his friend laughs. Girl feeds a foal with a bottle.
Fruit stall with a display to commemorate the August revolution of 1944. Various shots of hotels and bright lights at night. Narrator gives the hard sell: “Suspicious, sullen Rumania is really a vivacious young girl, flirting with Western ideas and beckoning the tourist to come just a little further afield in the search for fun and bright lights. For some it could be love at first sight.” Cuts exist – see separate record.
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Daca vreti sa vedeti cum arata Romania in ochii englezilor in urma cu 40 50 de ani atunci va invit sa vizionati acest mini-documentar realizat de British Pathé. Calitatea materialului video este foarte buna, asta mi-a placut enorm si din acest motiv am decis sa-l si postez:
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