Film Record: Bruges the Beautiful

Bruges the Beautiful pictured in the PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 47.

Date produced: 1958

Filmmaker(s):

Esther S. Cooke

Languages:

English

Length:

340 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

Kodachrome

Sound Notes:

Silent

Sound:

Sound on tape.

Awards/Recognition:

PSA Ten Best 1958

Description:

"More than 1,000 years ago there was founded in Flanders a hamlet called in Flemish Brug-ge but today known as Bruges. It is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Europe. Esther Cooke visits beautiful Bruges in the season of its celebration of the events of the crucifixion. The music rests like a benediction, leaving the town to its memories of a glorious past" PSA Journal, Nov. 1958, 46.

Locations:

• Bruges, Belgium (Filming)

Subjects:

• Nature
•      Geography
• Europe

Genre:

• Travelogue

Form:

• Short

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