- Title: VM-173
- Summary: GREECE: THE IMMORTAL LAND: PRESENTS VIEWS OF THE LAND & PEOPLE OF GREECE. SCENES OF PRESENT-DAY RURAL ACTIVITIES, LITTLE CHANGED THROUGHT THE CENTURIES, ARE CONTRASTED WITH GLIMPSES OF ATHENS CITY LIFE WITH BUSES, CARS & HURRYING CROWDS. BEAUTY & INDUSTRY
- Description:01:01:47 - ANCIENT RUINS, ATHENS. WORDS CARVED. PANS AREA & RUINS. 01:02:37 - ROCK OF THE ACROPOLIS PANS TO CITY BELOW. 01:03:14 - MODERN CITY & ITS PEOPLE, CIRCA 1962. 01:03:29 - MONTAGE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: HORSE-DRAWN CART, TROLLEY-BUS, CARS. MOTORIZED CART 01:03:41 - OUTDOOR FOOD CART, DATES? 01:03:45 - SHOESHINE MAN BRUSHES CUSTOMERS SHOES. 01:03:48 - MONTAGE OF GREEKS IN CITY STREETS 01:03:53 - WOMAN BUYING FLOWERS 01:03:55 - MAN KEEPING FRUITS-VEGETABLES CLEAN ON HIS CART 01:03:58 - MAN SELLING TOYS IN WHICKER BASKET 01:03:59 - LITTLE GIRL PUSHED BY PASSING PEOPLE, TOUCHES BALLOON AS SHE PASSES IT 01:04:03 - TODDLER PICKS UP STRING TO HER DUCK TOY PULLS IT BEHIND HER 01:04:08 - MEN LOOK AT PHOTOGRAPHS AT OUTDOOR STAND 01:04:10 - ORTHODOX PRIEST 01:04:15 - MAN SELLING FLOWERS ARRANGES BUNCH 01:04:16 - BALLOONS LITTLE BOY HUGS ONE, KICKS SOME 01:04:22 - SMALL DOG 01:04:23 - WAITER CARRYING TRAY OUTDOOR CAFE 01:04:33 - CUSTOMERS AT OUTDOOR CAFE READING NEWSPAPERS 01:04:37 - MONTAGE GREEK CITY STREET LIFE. TROLLEY. MANY PEOPLE READING NEWSPAPERS 01:04:58 - HONOR GUARDS WALKING IN UNIFORMS 01:05:12 - DRAWINGS OF WARRIORS, GREEK INDEPENDENCE. 01:05:47 - STATUE OF WARRIOR ON HORSE 01:05:56 - STATUE OF FIRST PRESIDENT OF GREECE. 01:06:08 - PAN OF BAS RELIEF; WAR SCENES, COLUMNS. CU INSCRIPTIONS IN STONE. BYRON'S SIGNATURE, OTHERS 01:06:25 - PAN TO GRAVE & INSCRIPTIONS ON SIDE OF WALL 01:06:50 - CU GREEK FLAG BLACK WITH WHITE CROSS 01:07:02 - ROCK OF ACROPOLIS VARIOUS VIEWS, ANGLES. RUINS 01:07:34 - CU BAS RELIEF, POSEIDON, HORSE 01:07:39 - POV LOOKING THROUGH STONE WINDOW AT TREE 01:07:59 - CU OLIVE TREES, OLIVES. PANS GROVE OF TREES 01:08:45 - MONTAGE LANDSCAPE PANS. FROM LUSH TO ARID TO SEA. 01:09:49 - BUILDINGS IN SEA. COASTAL VILLAGE, MOUNTAINS BEHIND 01:10:18 - MAINLAND MOUNTAINS PAN. VARIETY OF GREAT TREES. COOL FORESTS, RUNNING STREAMS 01:10:58 - HS STREAM RUNNING THROUGH MOUNTAINS 01:11:08 - MEN DIGGING ON MOUNTAIN 01:11:24 - "MODERN" ROAD TRUCK DRIVES AWAY, PEOPLE FARMING 01:11:39 - HS MOUNTAIN VILLAGE 01:11:47 - WOMEN RIDING DONKEYS. TRANSPORTATION. DIRT ROADS LEADING UP MOUNTAIN 01:11:59 - MEN LEAD DONKEYS CARRYING LOADS DOWN STEPS IN MIDDLE OF VILLAGE REMOTE, ANCIENT 01:12:11 - OLD COUPLE WALKS DONKEY UP STREET 01:12:19 - OLD WOMAN ON DONKEY LEADS ANOTHER DONKEY BY ROPE 01:12:31 - SHEPHERD TENDING FLOCK OF SHEEP, CANE, LITTLE PUPPY ON LEASH. 01:12:40 - GOATS, SHEEP LED UP HILL BY TWO SHEPHERDS. 01:13:04 - MEN ON DONKEYS ON ROCKY ISLAND. DYLOS ?SP BIRTHPLACE OF APOLLO. 01:13:25 - COMMUNITY WELL. BOY PULLS UP BUCKET. POURS WATER INTO WOMEN'S BUCKETS-JARS-JUGS 01:14:03 - WOMEN WALKING DOWN DIRT TRAIL WITH JARS STONE WALLS 01:14:18 - SMALL STONE WINDMILL CLOTH SAILS SPINNING, DONKEYS. 01:14:37 - MEN CARVING OUT WOOD HAND CARVING. CRAFTSMEN 01:15:15 - CU MAN PAINTING DETAILS ON JUG 01:15:29 - MAN PAINTING WOODEN BASKET LOTS OF FINISHED JARS-JUGS NEXT TO HIM. TREES MAKE COOL SHADOWS ON BUILDINGS WALL 01:15:47 - WOMEN OF VILLAGE CHATTING, SPINNING WOOL. MAN BEHIND WATCHES. 01:16:07 - LONE WOMAN SPINS WOOL AMID ANCIENT STONE COLUMNS 01:16:22 - PAN AREA NEAR RUINED WALLS, CULTIVATED FIELDS 01:16:34 - FRESHLY TILLED PLAINS OF ARGOS, FORTRESS BIRTHPLACE OF HERCULES. TILLINS ?SP 01:16:47 - POV LOOKING OUT AT LANDSCAPE FROM RUINS 01:16:56 - SMOKE STACKS & ANCIENT RUINS CONTRAST 01:17:04 - CU SIGN IN GREEK, PANS CU OF NEW SHOES HANGING ON WALL, PANS TO WINDOW SHOWING COBBLER-SHOEMAKER AT WORK 01:17:17 - CU PLASTER CAST OF FOOT IN SANDAL 01:17:21 - MONTAGE VARIETY OF TRANSPORTATION; MAN & CART LED BY DONKEY DOWN DIRT ROAD, BUS, TRAIN 01:17:40 - ANCIENT RUINS 01:17:45 - GREEK CHURCH 01:17:54 - ANCIENT RUINS, GREECE DEAD CITY LISTRA, ANCIENT CASTLE ON CITADEL. 01:18:47 - INSIDE CASTLE, BYZANTINE PAINTINGS ON WALLS 01:19:17 - POV LOOKING OUT "WINDOWS" OF ANCIENT CASTLE. 01:19:33 - PANS BYZANTINE RUINS. OUTLINES OF BUILDINGS 01:20:18 - CU PAINTERS PALETTE BRUSH DIPPING INTO PAINT 01:20:21 - CU PAINTER-ARTIST PAINTING 01:20:37 - ACTORS IN MODERN LIVING ROOM 01:20:55 - MEN RESTORING SCULPTURE ANCIENT GREEK STATUE. HEAD PUT IN PLACE BY ROPE 01:21:04 - POET IN BUSINESS SUIT WRITING AT DESK. CU HAND WRITING WORDS 01:21:25 - POET'S VOICE RECITING POEM, CU MARBLE HEAD. PAN BAS RELIEF. 01:21:47 - PANS ANCIENT BUSTS-HEADS. 01:22:04 - CU GREEK STATUE 01:22:10 - ANCIENT RUINS BUILDINGS HEADLESS STATUES LION STATUES 01:23:05 - PANS UP YOUNG MALE STATUE 01:23:20 - MONTAGE ART, SCULPTURES. MAN WITH MINI BULL WRAPPED AROUND SHOULDERS 01:23:58 - BEAUTIFUL STATUE OF YOUNG BOY SHOWN FROM ALL ANGLES. 01:24:10 - MONTAGE STATUES SCULPTURES ANCIENT GREECE. 01:24:52 - AMPHITHEATER. ANCIENT THEATER. SEATS. APOLLO'S SHRINE. 01:25:36 - ANCIENT RUINS OVERLOOKING MOUNTAIN 01:26:02 - POV ON UNSEEN BOAT AT SUNSET-RISE 01:26:12 - STONE WALLS TWO LIONS SCULPTURE AT ENTRANCE 01:26:34 - GOLDEN MYCENAE, ANCIENT CITY RUINS. AGAMEMMNON 01:26:57 - INSIDE CAVERNOUS BUILDING PANS TO CEILING 01:27:17 - CU BRASS HEAD, AGAMEMMNON 01:27:51 - CU FALLEN HEADS OF LION SCULPTURES. 01:28:29 - CHURCH BELL CHIME, PEOPLE CELEBRATE WEDDING DANCE, PRAY 01:29:48 - CU KNIFE CUTTING BUNCH OF GRAPES. 01:29:57 - CU DIONYSIUS LORE ON WALL 01:30:15 - MEN LOADING BUNCHES OF GRAPES INTO WHICKER BASKETS ON BACKS OF DONKEYS. GRAPE HARVESTING 01:30:36 - APOLLO STATUE 01:30:44 - CU BUNCHES OF GRAPES. HANDS CUTTING OFF GRAPES FROM BRANCHES 01:30:55 - DONKEY EATS GRAPES TO QUENCH THIRST 01:31:01 - CU BUNCHES OF GRAPES IN BASKET. OTHERS THROWN INTO BASKET. 01:31:08 - GRAPE HARVESTERS BENT OVER PICKING GRAPES 01:31:22 - CU WINE BEING POURED INTO GLASS PICKED UP PUT DOWN EMPTY 01:31:29 - GREEKS IN RESTAURANT SINGING, DRINKING, HAVING A GOOD TIME. 01:31:39 - MEN PREPARE FOOD IN RESTAURANT CUTTING 01:31:42 - MAN CARRYING HUGE STACK OF PLATES 01:31:45 - MAN POURS LIQUID OUT OF CAN ONTO FOOD 01:31:50 - CU PROFILE WOMAN SINGING 01:31:55 - PANS PEOPLE IN RESTAURANT SINGING 01:31:59 - CU MEN PLAYING CARD GAME CARDS 01:32:26 - TRADITIONAL GREEK DANCING, ETHNIC DANCE, CLOTHING AT WEDDING. 01:33:00 - MEN IN MODERN CLOTHING DANCE AT WEDDING MAN FILLS GLASS WITH WINE 01:33:07 - OLD MAN PLAYS GUITAR AT TABLE IN RESTAURANT 01:33:12 - CU HAND PLAYING GUITAR 01:33:15 - MONTAGE CU'S PEOPLE SINGING IN GREEK. 01:33:34 - CU TABLE, FORK, GLASSES, POURING WINE 01:33:47 - EVENING WALK THROUGH GREEK VILLAGE 01:33:57 - CU OLD SHEPHERDS SITTING AT STONE WALL 01:34:19 - CU PLANTS 01:34:29 - CU OLD SHEPHERD, WRINKLED BY THE SUN 01:34:37 - CU OLD MAN PICKING UP GLASS OF WINE, DRINKING 01:34:51 - CU BUST-HEAD OF SCULPTURE 01:34:57 - OCTOPUS FISHERMAN ON PLACID WATER 01:35:08 - POV LOOKING OUT TO SEA. 01:35:14 - MONTAGE BOATS IN SEA 01:35:24 - BOATS DOCKED AT PIRAEUS, PORT IN ATHENS TONS OF FREIGHTERS, BOATS SMALL FISHING BOATS 01:36:04 - TRAVELERS IN LINE TO GET ON BOAT. SAILOR TAKES TICKETS. TRUNKS, LUGGAGE, 01:36:28 - FREIGHTER LEAVES PORT FILLED WITH PEOPLE. PEOPLE ON DOCK SEE OFF BOAT & TRAVELLERS 01:37:28 - PAN GREEK SCULPTURES-STATUES 01:37:45 - POV ON BOAT LOOKING AT SHORE-LINES OF ISLANDS MOUNTAINS. 01:38:39 - CU YOUNG GREEK BOY SCULPTURE 01:38:50 - PAN GREEK RUINS AT SUNSET.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-173