Wilhelm Peterson-Berger on Film

[Justin]

Sometimes you find fascinating things on the internet without really searching for them, and this includes five films (2 of which are silent) which show the Swedish composer Peterson-Berger in documentary footage about certain towns:

Östersund / Härnösand (1920) - At 3:38
300th Anniversary of Umeå (1922)  - At 6:37
Östersund (1935) - At 0:54
Train Östersund – Ystad (1936) - At 2:39
Frösöblomster (1943)

[Ilja]

Interesting! And another reminder that mid-century Jämtland dialects are mostly incomprehensible to me. However, it seems that something went wrong with the Östersund 1935 link.

[Holger]

Yes, the third link does not work, the correct one is
Vi och vår nya Röda Kvarn – Reportage från Östersund (1935)
Anyway, many thanks to Justin for pointing out these fascinating documents!

[Justin]

My apologies! I fixed the link.