A travelogue through the countries of France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden for young and old alike. Interesting big cities and lesser known areas that provide a glimpse of Europe nearly 100 years ago. Summary by BettyB
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Just a Note Before We Start
03:07 - Chapter 2
A Modern Columbus
19:51 - Chapter 3
Our Mortgage on France
09:10 - Chapter 4
Through Normandy by Motor Car
08:23 - Chapter 5
How France Was Made New
22:09 - Chapter 6
Bringing Back the Coal Mines
11:04 - Chapter 7
American Footsteps on French Battlefields
09:49 - Chapter 8
Paris at Work
11:34 - Chapter 9
Shops Large and Small
09:23 - Chapter 10
How Paris Keeps House
10:07 - Chapter 11
The Servant Problem in France
07:32 - Chapter 12
Restaurants & Cafes - The Halles
19:10 - Chapter 13
A Ghost that Frightens the French
09:51 - Chapter 14
Increasing the Baby Crop
08:32 - Chapter 15
Among the Farmers
11:24 - Chapter 16
The City of Silk
14:15 - Chapter 17
No Sluggards Need Apply
09:34 - Chapter 18
Automobiling through Belgium
10:04 - Chapter 19
From Liege to Ypres
09:30 - Chapter 20
Snapshots in Flanders
09:43 - Chapter 21
A Visit to the Coal Pits
08:12 - Chapter 22
Antwerp and Brussels
15:45 - Chapter 23
Holland from an Airplane
09:35 - Chapter 24
Through the Canals to Rotterdam
13:32 - Chapter 25
Where the Mayflower Pilgrims Prayed
08:24 - Chapter 26
The Queen and her Realm
09:58 - Chapter 27
Around About the Zuider Zee
12:11 - Chapter 28
Diamond Cutting in Amsterdam
12:11 - Chapter 29
A Sane Nation in the Madhouse of Europe
09:19 - Chapter 30
Copenhagen, the Gate to the Baltic
06:32 - Chapter 31
Where the Farmer is King
10:59 - Chapter 32
How They Do It in Denmark
09:07 - Chapter 33
The Helpful Hen and the Cooperative Cow
11:59 - Chapter 34
The Alaska of Europe
08:54 - Chapter 35
In Christiania
11:03 - Chapter 36
The Land of the Midnight Farm
07:30 - Chapter 37
Norwegian Woods and Waters
09:02 - Chapter 38
An Island City of the North
14:18 - Chapter 39
Industrial Sweden
19:22