Movies: Oslo Kinematografer

Film that encourages Oslo citizens to participate actively in Kulturuken 1966 (16-23 September). Glimpse of theater, opera, cinema, concerts, art collections....

A film about faces, about expressions, about situations. The film is based on a poem by the Danish poet Poul Borum. The recordings are made in the Munch Museum in Oslo and based on the faces of Munch's pictures....

We follow the Akerselva from Puttmyrene where it starts, through Nordmarka, Maridalen, Sagene, Grünerløkka and all the way down to the outlet in the Oslofjord....

The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939...

Water is very important for Oslo, both for business and private individuals. Where the water comes from, and what happens to it, are shown in this film. Both the city's water supply and sewage system are presented as well....

The forest areas of Vestmarka and Krokskogen lie outside Oslo. In the 19th century, storyteller Peter Christen Asbjørnsen walked in the areas. The story of the area is being told, and the life in the "fairytale forest" of the 1950s, with forestry and...

Oslo Municipality has many child welfare works, including orphanages, a tuberculosis home in Åkebergveien, Fagerholm, Breidablikk, and holiday colonies at Slagen by Åsgårdstrand....

Everyday, journalists have many tasks to do, from interview to the finished newspaper. The actualities live until the day is over, and the newspaper eventually ends up on the ground as yesterday's news....

Oslo has its own sanitation. This film shows what tasks workers in the sanitation have....

Santa Claus arrives in front of a small group of four children....

Theater and concert are offered in Oslo a fall night. For the evening, Norwegian actors go to work and prepare for the performance....

Jordal Amfi was an indoor ice hockey stadium that was built in Oslo, to host the 1952 Winter Olympics. This film shows how the arena was being prepared, to it was finished and opened in 1951 for said Olympics....

Here, on a continuous basis, the city's sculptures are displayed, while a narrator tells us everything we need to know about it....

Oslo City Museum celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1955. This film, made a year prior to the anniversary, shows us 900 years of Oslo's history using models, paintings and old footage....

Every day, fresh foods are transported to Oslo to saturate the city's nearly 500,000 mouths. The food is distributed in various distribution centers on its way to the consumers: fish halls, slaughterhouses, dairies and marketplaces....

The Lunden monastery is a Dominican convent established in Oslo 1952, and is the only contemplative monastery in Norway....

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This is Oslo Kinematografer's Christmas greeting from 1951, where a family invites the audience to sing Christmas songs with them....

From the time the island of Langåra was a summer home for Oslo's population....

A new hotel has been build in Oslo, and lies in the middle of the city like an adventure castle....