“ THE RHINE FROM KOLN TO MAINZ “ 1940 RHINE RIVER CRUISE PRE-WAR COLOGNE, BONN, GERMANY 85484

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black & white educational film is about the sights seen from the Rhine river from Koln (Cologne) to Mainz, Germany. This type of scenic cruise has been a popular pastime for many decades, and remains popular to this day. This film also shows the harvesting of grapes and other activities in the communities along the river. This film was made in 1940 and photographed by Otto Trippel, who created numerous films with his “Otto Trippel Kulturfilm-Produktion“. For Wien-Film he created the films “Evening at the Lake“ and “Blossoms and Fruits“. Opening title: The Rhine from Koln to Mainz (:08-:17). Koln aka Cologne, Germany, is the largest and most important city on the Rhine. Aerial shot of the city shows it’s churches and taller buildings. Boats on the Rhine. Smoke billows near a church. A cathedral shown top to bottom (:18-2:03). Cologne’s town hall building, erect