[TRIP TO SWEDEN, DENMARK, ENGLAND & SCOTLAND 1960s HOME MOVIE LONDON COPENHAGEN]

Shot sometime in the early to mid-1960s, this 16mm amateur home movie shows a holiday through Sweden, Denmark, England and Scotland between 1950 and 1960. It begins with a ride through the Helsingor-Helsingborg ferry route. Footage highlights Helsingborg’s architecture style; a coastal city marked by old-style stone churches, Gothic and medieval structures blended with Swedish functionalism. Shots capture the Kronborg Castle, Stockholm’s Grand Hotel, Copenhagen’s City Hall Square, colorful Christianshavan canal ways and thrilling night scenes through Denmark’s Tivoli Gardens. The trip continues to London, England, the Thames and Piccadilly Circus Plaza, Big Ben, Londoners listening to public speakers at the Marble Arch Tube Station, Windsor Castle and Stratford-upon-Avon’s historic hotspots. Scenes of Scotland show the Royal Regiment, locals carting bagpipes down country roads and Loch Lomond Lake.

00:00 It opens with the Continentalpalaset (:08) and Helsingborg’s Town Hall (:14). The Gothic revival hall from 1897, showcases stained glass scenes depicting Helsingborg’s history. Tourists fill the ferry deck absorbing a historic skyline (:22). Kronberg castle follows (:39). Footage sweeps the streets showcasing the vibrancy of Danish life in shots of the Hercules and Hydra statue (1:06), traditional Danish thatched cottages (1:13), locals on the sidewalk (1:31) and bustling thoroughfares (1:54). Copenhagen’s City Hall Square (2:04) and it’s Dragon Fountain (2:13) follow. A section tours colorful houses and idyllic canals of Copenhagen’s Christianshavan district beginning with the Church of Our Savior (2:31). Boats line the canal (2:46) established in the 1600’s by King Christian IV in an effort to expand Copenhagen’s harbor. Gefion Fountain (3:17) and Folkstone Harbor’s Little Mermaid Statue (3:21) precede night scenes through Tivioli featuring the Moorish Nimb Hotel (4:03), the main entrance (4:35) and a fireworks show (4:40). Tivoli; opened in 1843, is the 2nd oldest amusement park in the world. The brutalist modernist Hoje Gladaxe apartment complex (5:57) contrasted against traditional Naestved (6:04). A bike nest sits outside storefronts (6:06). Hans Christian Andersen Hus Museum in Odense (8:00). London's Piccadilly Circus Plaza (8:37) and the Wellington Monument (9:27). ‘Speaker’s Corner’ in Hyde Park (9:45). Marble Arch Tube Station (9:51). The Marble Arch and Cumberland Hotel stand as a backdrop (10:01). Big Ben (10:50), Tower Bridge (11:15) and Tower of London (11:32) precede footage down the River Thames (12:08) passing County Hall (12:20) and the Parliament Building (12:24). Stratford-upon-Avon shots showcase an iconic half-timbered Tudor style especially in Shakespeare’s birthplace (12:47). The Royal Guard passes the Queen Victoria Memorial (12:51). Festival Garden (13:57), the Old Curiosity Shop at Portsmouth Street (14:02), Windsor Castle (15:14) and the Canterbury Quadrangle of St. John’s College (16:46) follow. Residence of Shakespeare’s wife; Anne Hathaway (16:56) in Shottery, Shakespeare Hotel (17:38), the Guildhall (17:48), Holy Trinity Church, River Avon (18:12) and Gower Memorial (18:21) follow. The trek continues with Warwick’s Castle (19:26), the Bridge House in Ambleside (19:53), Cumbira Mountains (20:22), Moot Hall in Market Square of Keswick (20:40) and Mansion House of York’s St. Helen’s Square (21:04). Scotland scenes open with the Royal Regiment (21:17) and Scotland’s countryside (21:23-23:34). A pair walks street side with a bagpipe (23:42). Edinburgh Castle (24:18), Salisbury Crags (25:21), Holyrood Palace (25:29), Princes Street (25:48) and Balmoral Hotel precede Froth Bridge (27:14) and Edinburgh University (27:33). The PS Maid of the Loch (28:03), Cameron House on Loch Lomond (27:57), Scottish playing lawn bowls (28:59) near the University of Glasgow, St. Encoh Station Hotel (29:22), streets of Glasgow (29:22-29:26) Return flight home (29:41).