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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).
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