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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 film “Adriatic Holiday“ takes the viewer on a tour around the Balkan region, presenting the attractions in countries including Yugoslavia, Croatia, and Macedonia. The film is presented by Swissair, a Swiss airline founded in 1931 and bankrupted in 2002, with photography and story by Karl Robinson. We believe it dates to 1955. Credits (00:10). “Adriatic Holiday” title banner (00:20). A map of the United States of America (00:37). The country of Yugoslavia compared in size to the USA (00:44). Views of New York City (00:51). The United Nations buildings in New York City (00:59). Flags of UN member states (01:11). The flag of Yugoslavia (01:15). A Swissair Douglas DC-6B airplane preparing for takeoff in John F. Kennedy International Airport, also known as Idlewild Airport (01:21). Passengers aboard the plane (01:46). The plane takes off (02:28). A map of Slovenia highlighting the mountainous region of Kranjska Gora (02:29). A ‘welcome’ sign (02:56). The Julian Alps (03:06). A hotel near the Julian Alps (03:41). A car driving through a Slovenian mountain town depicting houses and locals (03:56). Apple trees (04:42). Lake Bled (04:51). Assumption of Maria Church in the lake (04:59). Hotels on the lake’s shore (05:01). Views of Bled Castle (05:18). Views of a town (05:35). A Croatian folklore group and views of their traditional outfits (05:43). Two boys eat from a cookie-necklace one is wearing (06:17). The folklore group perform a Croatian folk dance (06:43). A map of Croatia highlighting the island of Korčula (09:07). Views of the Croatian Adriatic shore (09:17). A sailboat (09:29). The town of Korčula on the Korčula Island (09:37). The house of medieval writer and traveler Marco Polo (09:51). Views of the town’s narrow streets (10:30). A girl and a boy (10:38). Two young women drinking coffee (10:49). The St. Mark’s church also known as the Korčula Cathedral (11:13). Artwork of Saint John the Baptist, Saint Peter, and Madonna and Child inside the cathedral (11:59). A stone plaque thought to record the names of refugee trojan families (12:40). A map of Croatia highlighting the town of Dubrovnik (12:52). The Saint Steven peninsula (13:00). Views of Dubrovnik (13:43). Views of the Old Town in Dubrovnik (14:21). The ’Labyrinth’ restaurant in the Old Town (15:11). A n Adriatic lobster is served (15:20). A waiters served plates of various local seafood including a sea swallow (15:49). Local fishermen working on a lake (16:32). Lockridge Lake in Yugoslavia (16:51). A trout (16:56). Lake Ohrid in Croatia (17:13). Views of Macedonian architecture near Lake Ohrid (17:14). The Church of Saint Sophia (17:29). A map of Macedonia highlighting Ohrid (17:52). Views of Lake Skadar and its deep-water channels (17:59). A rowboat sailing on a narrow path through vegetation on the lake (18:29). A folklore dance-performance portraying the history of the Moors and the Turks (18:36). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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
