"SWEDEN" 1930s EASTMAN CLASSROOM FILM STOCKHOLM FILIPSTAD GOTHENBURG (SILENT) XD59874

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Produced by Eastman Teaching Films, Inc. of Rochester, NY in the 1930s, this black and white silent educational film titled “Sweden” takes the viewer on a tour through Sweden. The film's footage displays snowy rural communities and bustling cities such as the country’s capital, Stockholm. The film also sheds light on the expansion of Swedish industry after World War I focussing on the importance of iron mining and lumber. In fact, it is this post-war economic expansion and prosperity that provided the foundations for the social welfare policies characteristic of modern Sweden.
Globe showing the Western Hemisphere (0:08). Camera zooms into Sweden (0:13). Footage of lush forests and waterfalls in Swedish countryside (0:34). Snow covered iron mines (0:54). Small explosions close to the earth’s surface to expose ore (1:14). Map highlighting shipping journey of ore to Narvik, Norway - an alternate shipping route used when Gulf of Bothnia is iced over (1:20). Freight cars filled with ore (1:49). Cargo ships in the harbor with snow-covered mountains or glaciers in the background (1:54). Dam used to provide hydroelectric power (2:04). Herds of reindeers walking in the snow as the Lapp (Sámi) people tend to them (2:20). Shepherd wrangles a stubborn reindeer (2:34). A person skis in front of reindeer pulling sleds of supplies (2:48). A Sámi family stands in front of their lavvu (2:55). A woman plays with a husky puppy (3:08). Two men work to chop down a tree (3:22). A horse trudges through snow to pull a cart filled with logs (3:30). Two men push logs into stream so they can float down to local saw mill (3:44). Dynamite explosion of jammed logs in the stream (3:59). Camera pans the saw mill facility and the logs around it (4:24). Interior of the 1930s saw mill (4:37). Various close-ups of machines chopping and sanding the lumber (4:46). Freight ship in harbor preparing to ship lumber around the world (5:18). Woman in the countryside wearing Swedish folk dress and blowing into a horn (5:29). Woman walks up a muddy road herding her cattle and sheep (5:32). People greet each other at the entrance of a log cabin farm house on the farm grounds (5:39). Group of people row to church in rowboat - a Swedish tradition (5:56). Busy tree-lined street with Swedish people wearing traditional dress - something done on Sundays and holidays (6:15). People engage in folk dance (6:27). Map highlights the Swedish capital of Stockholm (6:39). Camera pans Stockholm city buildings along the Söderström River, steeple of what is perhaps The German Church/ St. Gertrude’s Church in Gamla Stan in the background (6:44). Tour through the different islands that make up Stockholm (7:14). The Swedish House of Parliament and the Royal Palace/ Stockholm Palace (7:18). Stockholm City Hall (7:34). Montage of clips of different parts of the city - public parks, trains, cars (7:50). Nordiska Museet or Northern Museum (8:28). Scenes from around the University of Uppsala campus (8:33). A compulsory physical education class at Swedish school - synchronized gymnastic exercises (8:56). The Mausoleum of John Ericsson in Filipstad (9:23). Boat travels along the Göta Canal which connects Stockholm and Göteborg/ Gothenburg (9:38). Scenes from Port of Gothenburg - Sweden’s most important harbor (10:12). Downtown Gothenburg (10:24). Packed stalls at the public market in front of Stora Saluhallen/ the Market Hall in Gothenburg (10:30). Large estates, dating back to the Middle Ages, still belong to Swedish nobility (10:48). Farmer organizes hay on estate grounds (11:05). Horses run free in a large field (11:13). Castle Mill in Malmo in the county of Skåne known as Sweden’s granary (11:22). Agricultural workers harvesting grain (11:27). Visborg Castle in Visby on the island of Gotland - formerly an important city of the Hanseatic League during the Middle Ages (11:50). Ruins of the Visby Cathedral (12:12). Skiers on the ski jump and other snow sports (12:37). Swedes enjoying the beach during summer and other coastal activities (13:07). Modern transportation connecting Sweden with other European cities - airplanes, trains, ships (13:40).
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[@0HARE]

This was actually pretty fascinating.

[@marcusjahnke9287]

John Ericsson also pioneered the use of the propeller, with his designs being the first in the world to adopt it - not least useful on a low slung ship like the Monitor - imagine it with big paddle wheels… Cheers from Gothenburg!

[@Henrikbuitenhuis]

I hope you will make on from Denmark also. Thanks so much.

[@ME-yp7fn]

Denmark is another Nazi-like state just like their old Nazi brother Germany, you know how collaborative Denmark was with Nazi Germany!!! they enacted laws there to target non-Europeans minorities there and apply horrible social policy towards these families and kids.

[@Henrikbuitenhuis]

@@braininavatnow9197 Thanks so so much.

[@olegvitalich8978]

Love Sweden peoples!

[@miguell6862]

Thanks from Costa Rica.

[@Magnus055]

Great friendly people.

[@peterparker9286]

The Flying Finn. The Monitor was a Submarine in the 1800's.

[@curtiseagleeyemullin]

Much Love from Vancouver Island BC 🇨🇦

[@Game_Hero]

I wonder if perhaps a swedish romantic composer would have been more fitting than Bach or Beethoven.

[@Doodlesthegreat]

SWEDEN! Home of meatballs, Volvo, and Ming the Merciless actor Max von Sydow!

[@ME-yp7fn]

The land of psychopaths and Nazi sympathizers!!!

[@xxxxcocotazoxxxx]

And Swiss cheese 🧀

[@kristofferhellstrom]

@@xxxxcocotazoxxxx That's not Sweden. Sweden and Switzerland are two different countries.

[@Omar.R]

Can you post ufo videos from your archive? ❤️

[@ironcross7753]

Horrible mismatch in music. What a shame.

[@kristofferhellstrom]

I actually really like the music.

[@ironcross7753]

It is German music. This is the worst kind of cultural appropriation, I have come across in a long time. But I am not surprised that you two promote cultural appropriation. I bet you are the ones, who insisted on wearing blackface in the school theatre play.