1954TRAVEL
AUSTRALIA'S BIRDLAND, FRANCE TIGNES DAMN , SPAIN MODEL BUILDER MINIATURES 1950S
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Countdown
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Reel begins. Opener - This Wonderful World, credits
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| 01:00:36 36.97 |
Slate describing the program. First segment introduced - Australia's Birdland
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| 01:00:48 48.28 |
Ws the quarry marshes in New South Wales, Australia. People riding horses thorugh the swampy land.
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| 01:00:59 59.21 |
A long necked black swan flapping its white tipped wings, flying through swampy grasslands.
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A flock of birds flying overhead and man riding a horse through the swamp water.
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| 01:01:16 76.41 |
Pelican type birds with long beaks perched on bare tree limbs and nesting in swamp grasses and suddenly rising and flying away en masse.
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| 01:01:50 110.67 |
Man on horseback riding through extremely swampy terrain
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Rare baby Diver birds in a reedy nest.
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| 01:02:00 120.32 |
WS large marshland in New South Wales Australia, man birds of different varieties nesting.
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Unhatched bird eggs in a nest
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| 01:02:17 137.4 |
Lizard slithering up a tree, water snake slithering through the water, and a flock of birds taking off.
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Title cards introducing next segment - France - The Doomed Village
The story of a 900 year old village in a valley of the French Alps that had to be be permanently evacuated due to a power damn being built by the government to bring electricity to the area. |
| 01:03:06 186.91 |
Aerial of the small Village of Tignes high in the French Alps. Snowy mountains surrounding the village set in a valley.
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| 01:03:19 199.64 |
Beautiful snowy mountains in the French Alps, 5 people dressed in black walking across a small snow covered bridge. Beauty shot.
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| 01:03:24 204.74 |
CU sign in the mountains for the village of Tignes in the French Alps. Snowy mountains in bkgd against cloudy sky.
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A quaint church nestled amidst snowy mountains.
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People gathered in ancient village, a wall of snow on one side of narrow street, mountainous bkgd.
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| 01:03:34 214.68 |
Village man reading newspaper
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| 01:03:38 218.17 |
Var shots of groups of village people gathered (talking about how the town must be evacuated due to the building of a damn and having to flood the valley to build it.)
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Quaint old stone home with a snow covered roof in the village of Tignes, France
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CU clasped hands, a sad looking elderly village woman, man sitting reading a newspaper
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WS of a wide snowy valley with damn barely seen in bkgd. - Tignes, France
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Pan the wide valley revealing an aerial of the new damn
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WS quaint village of Tignes in the French Alps with giant damn in bkgd.
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Tilt up shot of church tower with rope attached.
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Adorable little boy sitting on the stone ledge of a window and clinging to the iron gate.
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Village children standing watching as giant toll bell is taken down.
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Var shots of artifacts and valuables being moved out of the old village and loaded into trucks
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Ancient stone from old building being torn down.
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WS of the village's ancient cemetery with old wooden crosses and a few head stones set in snow.
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| 01:04:49 289.52 |
Vintage pickup trucks with canvas covers driving out of the snowy village of Tignes.
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Tilt down on large damn in the French Alps
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Pan down from top of the concrete damn structure to the water.
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| 01:05:12 312.6 |
Shots of water filled valley (former village of Tignes) after floodgates from the damn buried the entire village of Tignes, now known as the Vanished Village
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The village sign sadly floating face down in the water.
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Title cards for next segment. Spain Marvelous Miniatures
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| 01:05:38 338.19 |
Gentleman wearing a smoking robe sitting at small table in front of fireplace., using a magnifying glass to make miniature models - Don Galvaria (?) from Barcelona.
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| 01:05:44 343.98 |
CU hands working with tiny tools and tweezers to make miniature models. Small tools in a zippered case
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| 01:05:53 353.62 |
Mr. Galvaria(?) in his studio showing off his miniature models to two women visitors who look amazed and fascinated.
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| 01:05:59 359.7 |
Miniature detailed model of a Spanish sailing ship.
Hand picking up miniature model of a tiny fishing skip and brushing off sand with a small brush. Women in the studio looking at the details through a magnifying glass. |
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Shots of the various extreme miniature models in tiny glass globes - a Spanish sailing ship, a coach smaller than a finger tip, a picture in a frame smaller than a postage stamp, tiny checker board
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Two 1950's ladies looking through a magnifying glass
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Hands slowly sliding a matchbox cover open to reveal an infinitesimal super microsopic, nine room house inside that includes curtains, lamps, carpets, and furniture. CU of the house showing off all of the parts - all 1,964 of them.
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Title card
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End Part 1 This Wonderful World
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