Berlin’s Heat Dodgers

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

476

Date Released

17 Jul 1930

Length of issue (in feet)

1016

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - German holidaymakers in Berlin.
NoS synopsis: "The first heavy touch of sun and away the Frauleins and their friends frisk off to the nearest water front." Various shots of holiday makers at the railway station with their suitcases. Off to the beach. High angle shot of a bus drawing up where lots of people are queuing. People crowd onto the bus. M/S of group of people on a pleasure cruiser passing the camera. L/S of lots of people sitting at tables under trees. "From above they look like a nest of disturbed ants" reads an intertitle. Aerial shot of a very crowded beach. Tourists crowd the sands. High angle shot of the beach showing shaded deck chairs and sun seekers. "Splashing, dashing, they all work hard to keep cool -" High angle shot of a youngster falling down a water slide into the sea. C/U of group of men with linked arms as another man launches himself onto their outstretched arms. They throw him up and down. L/S of group of young people dancing cheek to cheek on the sand. M/S of group of people in swimsuits buying something from a man in a large hat. More antics on a large slide. L/S of people on the beach. M/S of men leaning over drinking fountains. "Here’s one way of solving the heat problem - you could try it in your back garden." Girls in swimsuits play by a post from which water squirts. M/S of crowds of men watching as others throw a friend into the water. L/S of the lido. "The latest word in hot weather garb - " is a little boy in his birthday suit paddling in the water.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

Germany; Berlin

Footage sources

Deulig

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.192
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP192
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

118

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