Moving Image

The Viking Trail, circa 1931-1932

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Title
The Viking Trail, circa 1931-1932
Identifier
p0592_film_09
Date
circa 1931-1932
Description
Scenes of Norway, including ships sailing through fjords, mountain landscapes, Sámi people herding reindeer, the city of Bergen, agriculture, and sailors training on ships. Film available online here.

Exact transcription of captions included in description.
Funding to digitize a portion of the Jacob Stefferud papers provided to the Norwegian American Historical Association through the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, a component of the Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy constitutional amendment, ratified by Minnesota voters in 2008.
Extent
00:15:49
Language
English
Format
Newsreels
Rights
In Copyright
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Spatial Coverage
Norway
Table Of Contents
00:00:00 Black screen.
00:00:08 Text in logo: "20th Century Fox Presents"
00:00:13 Carpet pattern background with white text: "Lowell Thomas' Magic Carpet of Movietone / Produced by Truman Talley / Edited by Lew Lehr"
00:00:21 Background of viking ship with white text: "The Viking Trail / Photographed by Jack Kuhne"
00:00:33 "The Fjords of Norway, immortalized as the strategic battle-paths of great Norse warriors of the past, are today the peaceful highways over which visitors travel to view the wonders of mountain and glacier." Steamship sails through a fjord. Towns on the coastline.
00:02:52 Steamship passengers enter smaller boat and disembark on shore. People hike along coastlines and up snowy mountains. Mountain views.
00:05:07 "Laplanders / Wealth is reckoned in reindeer." Sámi people and homes. Reindeer herding.
00:06:57 "Waterways / From Bergen to Sails in the setting sun." Views of Bergen, harbor, and sailboats on the water. Scenes of riverways and waterfalls.
00:09:53 "Harvest / Record crops precede connubial bliss." Livestock grazes on fields. Farmers work in fields and load wagons. People in festive dress ride in horse-drawn carts and boats, and dance and play music in an outdoor gathering.
00:13:05 "Young Vikings / Inspired by ancestral lore, a new generation receives training in an old profession." A sailing ship on the water. Sailors-in-training climb the rigging and masts, turn a capstan, and perform other tasks on deck.
00:15:36 Background of clouds with white text: "Magic Carpet of Movietone / The End" with logos.
00:15:44 White screen.
00:15:49 Film ends.
Bibliographic Citation
[Indicate the cited item here]. Jacob Stefferud Papers. Norwegian American Historical Association, Northfield, Minnesota.
Has Format
MP4

Citation

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation and Fox Movietone News, “The Viking Trail, circa 1931-1932,” Digital Collections, accessed October 16, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/digital-collections/items/show/26306.