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Island 1939 (1939)

Island 1939 poster
Country
Denmark
Runtime
12 min

How it feels

A 12 minute Danish documentary shows the work of a survey expedition in Iceland in 1939. The team sets up camp, loads horses with supplies, and travels through volcanic terrain to measure the land. They build stone markers and film geysers and hot springs at the end.

factualobservationalcalmmethodicalunderstateddatededucational

What happens

Island 1939 er en 12 minutter lang dansk film med dokumentariske optagelser fra 1939. Optagelser af Geodætisk Instituts opmålinger på Island i 1939 - en dansk-islandsk ekspedition. Teltlejr etableres med forsyninger og heste. Hestene læsses med trækasser, og ekspeditionen med hjælpeheste bevæger sig gennem lavalandskab og krydser en flod. Ekspeditionen slår lejr og laver opmålinger. Der bygges en varde. Lejren pakker sammen og drager videre til næste opmålingssted. Man har filmet geysere og boblende varme vandhuller i landskabet. En af deltagerne tager en svømmetur i en termisk sø. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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