Foreign Language Press Service

Norwegian Films

Scandia, Apr. 30, 1921

The Norwegian National League, through the efforts of Olaf Ray, have contracted for a series of Norwegian films to be shown at Orchestra Hall. The possibility of getting these films has been discussed for quite some time. Now they have finally arrived.

Below are printed some of the titles in the pictures and also the introduction.

Introduction

Norway, "The Land of the Midnight Sun," the land of the conquering Vikings! Its scenic grandeur, infinite in variety, its beautiful lakes and silvery mountains, its cascades and its sunny verdant valleys, dotted with farms where a quaint rural life and a vigorous culture flourish, celebrated for a thousand years in song and story! Along the storm-swept coast of more than fifteen hundred miles are located the cities and towns with their commercial, 2manufacturing, seafaring, and fishing population busily engaged in "developing their country". While the valleys and the hillsides are draped in the gorgeous colors of summer, the eternal snow of the lofty mountains glitters enchantingly in the distance.

1. Hovringen Saeter (Saeter Chalet)

2. Guldbransdalen

3. Mesne Falls

4. Bergen

5. Interesting Events in Norway

a) The Unveiling of the Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Norwegian-Americans

b) Emigrants Leaving Christiania

c) Their Arrival in New York

d) On the Way West

e) Chicago--the Norwegian Colony

1) Olaf Berntz

2) Nicolai Grevstad

3) Judge John J. Sonsteby

4) Oscar Torrison

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