Edited film documents travel in Switzerland. Locales, landmarks, and activities shown include Geneva; the vineyard country above Lake Geneva; Montreux; Castle of Chillon; Neuchatel; Chocolat Suchard chocolate factory; Gstaad, popular summer resort with winter sports; Simplon Pass; Ticino; Lake Maggiore; shopping in Locarno; journey by lake from Lugano to Morcote; Interlaken; Lauterbrunnen Valley; woodworkers of Brienz; journey to Jungfraujoch; Firstbahn, longest chairlift in the world; Lucerne; Swiss hotels and eating fondue; villages along the Rhine; Stein am Rhein; Rheinfall waterfall; vineyards of the Rhone Valley; Valais; Fetes du Rhone; Zermatt; Gornergrat; Matterhorn; and Monte Rosa massif.
Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture
Legacy keywords: Cities and towns ; Nature ; Mountains g Europe ; Rivers Switzerland ; Lakes Switzerland ; Vineyards ; Hotels Switzerland ; Dinners and dining ; Athletics ; Artisans Switzerland
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.7
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
