“ LET’S LOOK AT SWITZERLAND “ 1953 EDUCATIONAL TRAVELOGUE FILM BERN TICINO ST. MORITZ 85914

This black & white educational film is about the country of Switzerland. This is circa 1953. Opening titles: Films of the Nations present Let’s Look at Switzerland (:09-:46). A lake looks like a mirror with reflections of pine trees as a woman plays an accordion. Snow capped Alpine Mountain. Mountains in the distance with a town below. Castle on a hill. Lake and trees. The Rhine river flows and creates Lake Constance, a border between Germany and Switzerland. The water flows around rocks. A train goes over a bridge (:47-1:38). The canton of Bern is the second-largest of the 26 Swiss cantons by both surface area and population. Located in west-central Switzerland, it borders the canton of Jura and the canton of Solothurn to the north. The farmland in Bern is among the richest in the country. A man walks near cattle. Farmhouses. A car drives by. City of Bern - shops, people, buildings, a clock tower. A clock with bears on it. A bear pit where bears sit and play. Tourists and locals (1:39-3:21). Appenzell is c