A cool May in Kühlungsborn

GDR | 1974 | Regular 8 | B&W | Silent | 17:16 min

Film synopsis

• Title "Maienkühles in Kühlungsborn"
• Zentrag holiday home "Meeresblick" in Kühlungsborn (Rostock district)
• Family on their way to the beach and in a beach chair
• Children playing ball and building sandcastles on the Baltic Sea
• Lunch at the Zentrag holiday home "Erwin Fischer"
• Intertitle "Kinderfest im Zentrag-Heim" (= "Children’s party at the Zentrag home")
• Children taking part in egg and spoon races, sack races, pot-breaking, tin can throwing and ball games
• Intertitle "Mach mit – bleib fit" (= "Join in – stay fit")
• Sign "Eile mit Weile / Start zur Jubiläumsmeile / 1974 m" (= "Haste makes waste / Start of the anniversary mile / 1974 m")
• Father and son on a long-distance run in the woods
• Intertitle "Kofferpacken, kein Vergnügen" (= "Packing suitcases, no fun")
• Mother and son packing suitcases
• End title "Ende"

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