1960s IRELAND TRAVELOGUE FILM

Year Published: 1960s

Creator: Norman E. Schley; Picturelogue, Inc

Format: 16mm

Description: This 1960s color film (Part 1 of 4) created by Wisconsin filmmaker Norman E. Schley offers a travelogue view of Ireland, with music and SFX sans narration, which was intended to be provided during in-person screenings by the touring filmmaker himself. Irish architectural landmarks, natural features, and cultural activities of Dublin and Kilkenny are depicted (TRT: 22:31). Part 2: • 1960s IRELAND TRAVELOGUE FILM "SCHLE... Part 3: • 1960s IRELAND TRAVELOGUE FILM "SCHLE... Part 4: • 1960s IRELAND TRAVELOGUE FILM "SCHLE... Focus leader. A banjo player sings a folk song (0:08). Opening titles: "Schley Ride to Ireland of the Welcomes, Photographed by Norman E. Schley; Script: John Bakke. A presentation of Picturelogue" (1:10). A flight attendant speaks on an intercom. An airline’s jet engine. Shannon Airport in County Clare (1:36). A farmhouse with a thatched roof. A woman wearing a shawl walks the grounds. A brick hearth. Norman Schley joins two knitting women by the fireside (2:03). A map indicates Dublin. Dublin Airport. Schley loads baggage into a car. O’Connell Street. Nelson’s Pillar. Double decker buses. Trinity College (3:13). The Abbey Theatre. "Now Playing: Brendan Behan’s The Quare Fellow" (4:25). An interview with an actor from the company, who enjoys drinking and watching cowboy films in his spare time (4:47). Women pushing prams. Television antennas. A milkman with a horse-drawn cart. A woman calls from a window. Women, children, dogs. Laundry on a line (6:58). A horse stable and a woman rider (8:48). Women in conversation. Jumping hurdles. A horse shies away (9:50). Small automobiles, cows at pasture near Wellington Monument (10:31). Colorful flowers in a garden. A Bicycle race. A man selling drinks (11:01). A men’s lacrosse match in a stadium. Cheering spectators. A winner, carried on shoulders, holds a silver trophy. A parade with bagpipers. A rugby game (11:50). The United States Embassy. A very large dog. Walking the dog with the help of a golf cart. POV driving through a garden trail. A stone sign: "Lincoln Walk." A bust of Abraham Lincoln (13:14). Fiddle music. A gardener trims the edge of a pathway. Raking a garden. School children (14:35). Schley joins a group of women. One knits quickly and absent-mindedly. Pie is served (15:30). A sign points toward the country town of Wicklow, south of Dublin on the east coast. A panorama of Wicklow, from automobiles to the coastline. A driver’s POV. A map indicates Kilkenny and a mug of beer (16:09). An Irish flag The New Ross FGA Pipe Band of bagpipers. A group of Swiss men with alphorns and trombones. Pipers on parade (16:54). A girl’s basketball game in the foreground, St. Mary’s Cathedral in the background. Swiss alphorn players and Alpine dancing on stage (18:11). A German style band plays under a sign: "Kilkenny Beer Festival, Welcome from Smithwicks." Beer drinkers raise their glasses (19:51). A carnival roller coaster, swing ride, and ferris wheel (20:42). Kilkenny Castle. Floral arrangements on the River Nore. A banner: "Welcome to Kilkenny." A chemist’s shop sells sunglasses (21:45). In addition to making travelogue films, Norman Schley was an accountant, insurance salesman, and the proprietor of three camera shops in Waukesha, WI. He founded his vacation film industry "Picturelogue, Inc." with the creation of "Schley Ride to Florida" in 1943, and continued making vacation films for three decades.

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