https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/95ae695e-3699-4ad2-a5fe-dd3cb5a7f229 Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. Consider becoming a channel member https://youtu.be/ODBW3pVahUE One of a series of "Screen Traveler" films created by Andre De La Varre, this film focuses on Budapest, Hungary. Copyright 1938. Opening titles: "Gay and Beautiful Budapest" (:06-:43). Aerial shots of Budapest, the national capital of Hungary, a landlocked country in Central Europe. The city is located at the River Danube. Elisabeth Bridge (:44-2:09). Longest suspension bridge when it was originally built, the Elisabeth Bridge. The Elisabeth Bridge is the third newest bridge of Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube.Royal Palace. The Coronation Church of Buda, also known as the Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle or as the Matthias Church (2:33). The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion (2:42) is one of the best known monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the 1st district of Budapest. It is one of the most important tourist attractions due to the unique panorama of Budapest from the Neo-Romanesque lookout terraces. A statue of St. Stephen. Gothic House of Parliament. It is situated on Kossuth Square in the Pest side of the city, on the eastern bank of the Danube. It was designed by Hungarian architect Imre Steindl in neo-Gothic style and opened in 1902. Crowds walk and sit at cafes, they look over the Danube. Men and women walk, look at the camera, sit and eat (2:10-4:14). Fashionable city street with shops and dining. People walk the city. A man directs traffic. Peasants wear colorful costumes. Women sell clothing and rugs. Thoroughfare through Budapest (4:15-6:09). Statues of Hungarian kings. People walk the grounds. Parliament Square. Statue of an eagle. Agricultural Museum. Museum of Fine Art. Academy of Music (6:10-7:56). Island of St. Margaret is in the center of the Danube. Hot springs. Health club. People swim and wade in the pool. City park has a large pool. Sunbathers. Hungarians in the pools. Statues by the pool. People swim and frolic (7:57-9:21). Gellért Thermal Bath, which is part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda aka the Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, People play in the giant pools. A wave pool. People laugh with one another (9:22-10:33). End credits (10:34-10:39). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ6ysh0_WAo Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:21:08 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/95ae695e-3699-4ad2-a5fe-dd3cb5a7f229 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.