An Iceland Item (1931)

Reykjavik in Iceland is featured in this story.
Panning shots of Icelandic houses. Intertitle points out that the Icelandic climate is little different to our own. M/S of a city street. Man rides a horse down the street. Pedestrians, cars, buildings, various street scenes are shown. Fishing is stated as the main industry but Pathe features an itinerant photographer. C/U of photographer at his work, taking a portrait of two children in the open air.
"Essentially volcanic, Iceland possesses natural boiling water - and the housewives use it to the full." L/S of a small trough of water covered with a curved steel canopy. C/U of the water. This is where women come to do their washing. M/S of the women washing clothes by putting them into the water with sticks, then using the steel bars as a grip to wring out their clothes.
Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 684.
Safety print exists.
FILM ID:910.23
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