Culver City,
California
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Wernigerode 1968
Maker: Hoffman Family
Date Made: 1968
Country: German Democratic Republic
Materials: 8mm; silent; color
Measurements: 185 ft; x 56.388 m
Duration: 15:26
Collection/Series: Hoffman Home Movie Collection
Accession Number: 2009.032.004
Home movie filmed in Wernigerode, East Germany. Wooded hillside; close-up of sign reading “Berggasthaus Armeleuteberg”. Mother sits at outdoor table drinking coffee. View of tower; father walks along path towards camera; view of cathedral. City street with “HO” (Handelsorganisation) sign visible. Rocky wooded hillside; thatched-roofed, half-timbered houses; view of mountain stream. Rock formations with family station wagon at base; mother and daughter stand outdoors; close-up of mother’s face; squirrel runs toward camera and then up a tree. Wind in foliage; mother and daughter emerge from behind trees. Father and daughter walk in playful lockstep along path towards camera. Mountain vista overlooking meadows and buildings in distance; camera pans to mother sitting beside winding footpath. Mother writes, leaning on windowsill; looks back smiling at camera. Daughter walks along road. Multiple views of stone castle and some tourists, including group of soldiers sitting on a canon. Swiss-style wooden house. Hillside and cable car. Mother in rain hat; close-ups of black and yellow salamander. Family car in front of house; cattle on hillside. Pan across town vista; mother on bench mugs for camera. Father reclines on inflatable raft near family car; mother lies on blanket in grass; mother and father sit on folding chairs. Views of purple and yellow wildflowers. Mountain vista overlooking town.