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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This travelogue film of a holiday trip to Europe in mid-1950s was produced by Norman Schley, a filmmaker from Wisconsin who often presented and narrated his films in front of a live audience. This print does not have any extant narration, but the soundtrack remains. Includes footage from Portugal, Italy, Holland, Luxembourg, Paris, and London. Title screen of “Filmorama Holiday”, a “Picturelogue” presentation (0:37). Written/edited by Jack Camp (0:45). Narrated by Norman E. Schley (0:55). Aerial sunrise; plane cockpit (1:15). Men and women exiting “Hotel Do Imperio”, Douro, Portugal; doorman carrying bags (1:30). Women carrying baskets of fish on head; busy city streets (2:00). Traffic with cars, horses, and street car (2:30). Gardens and unidentified pillar monument (3:03). Arches and busy city street (3:14). Aerial footage of city square and city (3:50). Footage from car driving through narrow city streets (4:15). Speaking with locals; grape garden (4:30). Aerial view of city; unidentified tall bridge (4:50). Garden of palace (5:40). Church and car driving into Sintra, Portugal (6:00). Downtown Sintra, locals, wares for sale (6:30). Footage overlooking Sintra (7:05). Drive to Pena Palace; footage of palace (7:25). Villager herding chickens; doing laundry (7:55). Scenic view of ocean; fishing boats; men pulling dory boat ashore (8:10). Scenic view of bay (8:20). Details of airport (8:30). Boarding plane named “Keria” (8:40). Aerial footage of Europe (8:55). Plaza in Spain; streets and fountain (9:34). Women doing laundry; busy populated street with market stalls (10:15). Unique building; parked Vespa scooters (10:40). Horses and cars on the street (10:50). Crowded streets (11:00). City gardens and children playing (11:45). Pond in city garden with row boats (12:20). Scenes from driving on highway towards Toledo (12:55). Car broken down by wheat fields (13:00). Small rural village; children at water pump; fixing car (13:45). Horse powered irrigation system watering grapes (14:05). Olive trees (14:40). Scenic view of town (15:10). Hotel Hacienda del Cardenal in Toledo, Spain. Cafe and views of Toledo (16:15). Craftsmen making art (16:40). City, possibly Rome, Fountain with horses; central square and obelisk; scenic church, bridges, and details (17:40). Castle, landmark buildings, and statues (18:15). Scenic overview of city (18:40). Details of capital building (18:55). Ornate edifice and Vatican guard (19:10). Inside Vatican City (19:20). Gladiators Arch and Colosseum (19:50). Details of Colosseum outside and inside (20:30). Roman Forum (21:20). Downtown Rome (21:35). “Alfredo Alla Scrofa” restaurant in Roma (21:50). Cafes and details of fountains (22:20). Trevi Fountain (22:45). Vittoriano (23:25). Driving on highway; ruins outside Rome (24:20). Avezzano (24:50). City gardens (25:20). Overlook of Avezzano (25:45). ’s Basilica and square (26:35). Feeding pigeons (10:50). Docked gondolas (28:45). Scenes from gondolas in canals (29:30). Scenic view of Venice (31:55). Train through Italy (32:30). Entering the Alps; views from the mountains (33:00). Alpine town in Switzerland (33:40). Gardens and downtown Zurich (35:00). Central square in downtown and busy streets (37:00). Boats sailing to Holland (38:00). Holland; windmill and Dutch stye houses (38:15). Scenes from the docks (38:30). Men dressed in traditional Netherland clothing with clogs on (38:55). Unidentified city in Luxembourg. Gardens; triumphal arch; statues; Joan of Arc statue (40:00). Scenic overlook of the city (40:30). Downtown streets and church (41:50). Man making découpage artwork (42:10). Garden shop selling dahlias (42:50). Unidentified ornate building. Arc de Triomphe and central square in Paris (43:30). Garden and large reflection pond (43:55). Eiffel Tower (44:05). Boarding Douglas DC-3 with “Air France” logo (44:25). Aerial footage from plane of central Europe (44:40). Skyline of London; Trafalgar Square (45:15). Downtown London (45:50). Double-decker busses driving to Westminster Abbey (46:28). Big Ben (46:40). Buckingham Palace (46:45). Palace horse guards (46:50). River Thames and Tower Bridge (47:05). Tower of London (47:15). Ruins from the Blitz (47:30). London capital building (47:40). 10 Downing Street (47:55). Deer (48:30). Windsor Castle (48:45). Rural village (50:00). Birthplace Shakespeare (50:45). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
