Czechoslovakian Chair Lift (1947)

Unused / unissued footage - dates or locations unclear or unknown. Czechoslovakia - 1947. A cable ’chair’ is erected at Spindlerdy Mlyn, a holiday centre in the Krkonose Mountains. Several shots of trees being felled to make a clearance for the cables. Shot of the huge wheel that operates the cable turning round. A passenger sits in the chair-like seat which is just beginning its journey up the mountain. Various shots of passengers travelling in the single seat. View of the mountains and valleys as seen from the cable car. Nice shot of the sun gleaming through fir trees. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News