“ADRIATIC SPLENDOR” 1955 CROATIA & YUGOSLAVIA TRAVELOGUE OPATIJA, PULA, SINJ, RAB, MOSTAR 15454

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white 1955 travelogue documents seaside towns along the Adriatic Coast in the aftermath of World War II, showing natural landmarks, historic architecture, European tourists, and local peoples of diverse ethnic backgrounds from Croatia and former Yugoslavia (TRT: 14:01). Opening titles: “Adriatic Splendor” and credits (0:08). Sunbathers at Lake Bled, in the Julian Alps region of the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. Bled Island’s Church of the Mother of God on the Lake. Tourists ride a canopied sightseeing boat (0:40). Bled Castle. A chairlift ascends through forested mountainsides, carrying a passenger (1:13). A 1940s sedan automobile laden with luggage. Mountains along the Adriatic coast. The Kvarner Gulf’s resort town of Opatija. Boats at a dock, swimmers at a seaside resort. Middle aged men and women in bathing suits (1:53). A woman