Directed by Harry L. Coleman and narrated by Lee Vines, “Wings to Vikingland” is a 1950s-era color film made as a Pan Am travelogue about Scandinavia. The film follows as American couple Mary and John Ericsson venture across the Atlantic on a Pan Am Boeing 377 Double-Decker Stratocruiser to visit relatives and tour around Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Animation Pan Am jet part of focus leader projector set up (0:07). Opening credits, title page (1:02). John and Mary Ericsson, read letters from relatives in Sweden, Norway (1:34). Pan Am Boeing 377 on tarmac (2:35). Interior cabin (2:48). Cover Pan Am guide book “New Horizons” (3:21). Steak dinner; Couples socializing in lower deck lounge (3:48). Flight attendant prepares passengers’ beds (4:31). Pan Am Douglas DC-6B (4:42). Aerial views Stockholm (4:51). Ericssons and their cousins greet each other (5:28). Stockholm streets, Swedes bike through traffic (5:56). Katarina Elevator/ Katarina Lift, views from top of water, trolley system (6:09). Restaurang Gondolen (7:11). Stockholm City Hall (7:59). John, Mary visit ceramics workshop (8:23). Glassmaking workshop, demonstration of ancient hand blowing technique (8:48). John, Mary sail with cousins through center of Stockholm, views from sailboat of young boys kayaking, ferry boat, and Stockholm City Hall along water’s edge (9:28). Porter helps Mary, John with bags after steamer ship dropped them on Visby, Gotland Island (10:47). Mary, John relax by pool of hotel; Men, women layout on towels, Roomba band perform for guests (10:57). Camera pans Medieval walls of Visby, homes (12:06). St. Clement Church Ruins (12:19). Midsommar festivities, locals in traditional dress; Villagers cross lakes in traditional Viking long boats; Raising of Maypole, dancing (12:41). Train journey crossing into Arctic Circle (14:56). View from train of locals of Lapland wearing colorful traditional dress (15:28). Traditional Lep settlement: Woman checks on dried grass, Lapp hut, mother with portable bassinet, boy and girl play, herding deer (15:37). Multicolored sky, midnight sun over Norwegian/ Swedish border (17:05). Snow capped peaks, glaciers from upper deck of steamship traveling along coast of Bergen (17:18). Ship pulls into port in Bergen; Couple warmly embraces family members (17:42). Bergen as seen from hillside overlook, busy city streets (18:08). John, Mary sit to welcome lunch with relatives in dining hall (18:23). Looking out over Hardangerfjord region; Dispersed shots of waterfalls found along fjord (19:21). Blossoming of Apple Blossom flowers in Hardanger (20:37). Children in traditional national dress rehearse dance in field (20:51). Blossoming yellow flowers on hills of Hardanger, cows graze fields of flowers (21:09). Traditional mountain wedding, bride wears headdress/ bridal crown with silver adornments (21:30). Snow blankets mountains, “ski country,” skiers speed down mountain side towards camera (22:10). Crowds gather at Holmenkollen Ski Jump competition (22:49). Birds eye view Oslo skyline, Oslofjord from telescope (23:45). Norway’s Independence Day Parade (23:59). Perhaps PM Oscar Torp, Monarch Haakon VII wave from balcony (24:27). Oslo City Hall (24:44). Viking Ship Museum (24:49). Great Fountain in Vigeland Sculpture Park (24:56). Plane flies over Kronborg Castle, Helsingør, Denmark (25:20). Troupe of actors act Shakespeare’s Hamlet in castle (25:50). The Little Mermaid, Langelinie Promenade Copenhagen (26:02). Copenhagen City Hall (26:09). Montage of impressive towers, steeples seen across city - Equestrian statue of Frederick VII in front Christiansborg, gold domes Alexander Nevsky Church etc. (26:17). Large numbers of locals commuting by bike (26:41). Fishwife statue Gammel Strand (27:12). Restaurant Ida Davidsen, 172 different sandwiches (27:18). Window shopping, montage interesting signs for stores i.e. butcher, baker, candlestick maker (27:53). Stork feeds its baby (28:25). Danish countryside: Windmill, children playing in streets, home of Hans Christian Andersen (28:33). Fano Hotel Kongen bathing resort: Mary, John use Victorian bathhouse brought out by horse into water (29:15). Danes sunbathing along golden outer rim of beaches, boats in shallow shore (30:02). Flashing lights, fireworks, Tivoli Park (30:30). Ballet performance, Can Can girls (30:40). Film ends (31:20).
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