Objects / Records
Ice man
Title / Designation
Ice man
Date
1955
Institution
Other institutions
British Pathé
Description
St. Moritz, Switzerland.
L/S of snowy landscape with town of St Moritz nestling amongst the mountains. M/S of mountain with icicles hanging down in the foreground of the shot. M/S of a man standing on some frozen water slicing through it with a large saw. He is cutting blocks of ice. L/S of him cutting through the ice. C/U of the saw cutting through the ice which has formed on a frozen lake. A chunk is loosened. Narrator informs us that the man is Henri Rogantini. His job is to cut and deliver ice-blocks to local hotels where it is stored for use in the summer months. Henri uses a long handled pick to lift out the block of ice and it is stacked up with other pieces.
M/S of Henri standing on the back of a sledge which is pulled by a horse. Another man assists Herni to load up the sledge with ice blocks - various shots of the two of them loading the sledge and Henri moving off.
Colour
Farbe
Sound
stereo
Form
Unbekannt, Unbekanntes Medienformat
Number / Duration
00:01:40:00
Locations
Sankt Moritz (Drehort)
Location
British Pathé
Access
BritishPathé, http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ice-man/query/
Reference code / Identification number
AVGR9887
References / Literature
British Pathé , Onlinekatalog http://www.britishpathe.com
Source
AV-Medienportal: https://www.gr.ch/Exemplare/9887