Alps (1917)

2,001 views · Published 10 January 2017 · 3:17 · Indexed 24 September 2026

Channel: BFI · 2017 · Film & Animation

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This scrapbook travelogue from 100 years ago takes a pictorial tour of the Alps by train, sledge and sleigh.

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Any trip to the Alps is guaranteed to have its ups and downs - with sledges, trains and sleighs the perfect transport from top to bottom. This Page's Pictorial Tour has something of a scrapbook feel, cobbled together from sections of a variety of films on the subject. The sunlit steam billowing from mountain railway trains and the women hanging their washing beneath icicles are just two of the visual treats in store.

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