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Bergen to Geilo on a winter train in Norway. Film 90871

4,113 views · Published 17 December 2013 · 3:26 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: HuntleyFilmArchives · 2013 · Autos & Vehicles

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Norway, 1950's.  Passengers disembarking from boat in Bergen, Norway, using gangway. Piles of skis, stacked up and labelled, porter carrying skis, soundtrack tells to leave the skis to the Norwegians as they know how to look after them. View of railway, possibly at Bergen, crowd of people on platform between two trains. Locomotive  no 112088. Map showing route railway will take from Bergen to resorts ending with Geilo. Train with snowplough attached- soundtrack says journey from Newcastle to Geilo takes 24 hours, Views of mountains from train. People on train looking out of carriage windows. Train puffing round corner in snowy landscape. People standing and sitting within train. View of mountains from train. Views of snow and fir trees. Snow covered mountains, fir trees. Steam train puffing through the snow. Steam train going round bend, smoke and snow mixing together in whiteness. Snowy landscape, fences possibly to stop drifts. Train travels across snowy landscape. Snowy scene with chalet houses, sign of Geilo at railway. Crowds of people waiting around train, possibly waiting to get on and leave! Passengers alighting- soundtrack really trying to sell the place. Porters taking cases and skis on sledges across platform/siding. Passengers and porters walking off, carrying baggage, train in background, people crowding round it, waiting for passengers to get off, so that they can get on. Group of young people amongst crowd near station, skis being carried in background. 

Largish hostel/hotel. Different hotel. Large white building, poss. hotel, soundtrack saying plenty of places to stay to suit all budgets, snow from Christmas to Easter. Doorway covered in snow, soundtrack states they are in Finzer(?), 4000ft above sea level, the snow lies 20ft deep. Building covered in snow, people coming out of door. Chalets dotted around snowy ground, lie close to the hotel. 

View of village, woman in red ski outfit choosing skis from blonde tanned Norwegian. Close-up of tanned Norwegian man. Woman measuring her skis. Boots being laced up, soundtrack says not to worry about style of clothes as Norwegians are very informal. Skis being waxed. Man in glasses waxing skis. People walking with skis and poles across snow to group. Person walking with skis and poles in hand, soundtrack advising to wear sunglasses and protective cream. Group of people all standing with wooden skis. Huge group of people standing in circle with ski instructor in the middle. Instructor in red top holds up skis - soundtrack says lessons start first morning after arrival and are taken by a competent English speaking instructor. Ski instructor bends down to check pupils binding and ski. Group surrounding instructor. Men and women dressed in skiing wear.

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