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The party, crossing a rustic bridge thai spans a mountain torrent, ate next seen negotiating the pass ladies, men, and ponies all clambering over and amongst the huge boulders— on the journey to Oeschinen lake, and their arrival theie is excellently rendered. Dismounting and entering boats and rowing in successive boat loads out on the azurewt aers of the < >eschinen, the picture here secured is as charming as anything that has ever been secured by the cinematograph. The return of the party and the landing brings to an appropriate conclusion an altogether magnificent picture of specially tine quality.
Length 250 feet.
An Alpine Railway
1077 LACE MAKING IN A VILLAGE STREET, MURREN
The quiet industry of the Alps is well rendered. The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American touiists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly stock of the fragile fabrics to decorate May fair and Long Island. Length 60 feet.
1078 SNOW BREAKING ON THE WENGERALP RAILWAY
Tli is film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high on either hand Large squads of men are met at short intervals on this trip, busily and deftly clearing away the huge snow accumulations — in fact cutting the railway path through solid snow-wreaths. Then we see the Railway Hotel on the summit of the Wenger Alp and other group* of snow diggcs displaying great activity, and filling car load after car load Wilh the frozen snow until at the signal for stopping time, they in-h wildly and gladly away, waving their shovels aloft in tiiumph at the day's work accomplished A stirring subject Length 200 feet.
1079 THE REICHENBACH RAILWAY & FALLS
This opens with a view of the upper falls and great viaduct of the mountain railway, showing ascending and descending cars, and then a close view of the magnificent upper Reichenbach Falls, which by our operator having secured the picture with our new Rotary-Maxim Bioscope, gives a picture, which, for excellence, range, and completeness, could not be secured by any of the less up-to-date methods. The concluding full view of the grand cascade is truly magnificent and awe inspiring.
„ . Length 175 feet.
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