A Novel Ice Breaker (1961)

Lake Konigssee, Bavaria, Germany. Documentation on file regarding Hanselitsch’s invention. MS. Side view, small icebreaker at work on frozen lake. MS. of the bow of the icebreaker showing in the caterpillar type track which lifts the boat up onto the ice allowing the weight of the boat to crack the ice. MS. of the track in action taken from bow of the boat. MS. Man sitting on bow of the boat with snow covered hills in background. GV. Sunset effect on partly frozen lake. Two shots from the bow of the ship as it crosses the lake with snow covered hills in b.g. MS. Two men silhouetted against the snow covered hill. MS. Pan with a small vessel mounted on pontoons which is pushed across the top of the ice by man and woman using poles. MS. of a small village on the side of the lake Konigssee (interesting building with onion domes). MS. The icebreaker in action, with village in b.g. MS. Sun shining on ice at the side of the ship. (Mute. F.G.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLIN