An Iceland Item 1931

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Reykjavik in Iceland is featured in this story. • • Panning shots of Icelandic houses. Intertitle points out that the Icelandic climate is little different to our own. M/S of a city street. Man rides a horse down the street. Pedestrians, cars, buildings, various street scenes are shown. Fishing is stated as the main industry but Pathe features an itinerant photographer. C/U of photographer at his work, taking a portrait of two children in the open air. • • Essentially volcanic, Iceland possesses natural boiling water - and the housewives use it to the full. L/S of a small trough of water covered with a curved steel canopy. C/U of the water. This is where women come to do their washing. M/S of the women washing clothes by putting them into the water with sticks, then using the steel bars as a grip to wring out their clothes. • • Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 684. • • Safety print exists. • FILM ID:910.23 • A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ • FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ • British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

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