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221385 12:17:13
- 12:19:41 1900
c SIL B/W [City Street Life w/
Pedestrians, Carriages & Horse Drawn Trams, ca 1900]
Carriages along waterfront, pedestrians walking w/ mountain seen on opposite
shore of harbor or river mouth. Women & man carry bundles on heads. Probably Italy or
South America.
12:18:02 Street crowded w/
pedestrians, women w/ parasols;
horses pulling carriages; Catholic priest in background & walking toward
camera. Naples (?).
12:18:51 Square or plaza w/
pedestrians, donkeys & horses pulling carts; large horse pulled trams on
rails. Naples (?).
221078-01 12:00:20 - 12:01:03 1903 Si B/W Washing Clothes at Sicily
Edison
Group of women lined up at community
washing area in street - washing clothes against flagstones & looking at
camera.
1900s - Italy. Daily Life.
A200067 00:01:00
- 00:25:21 1910
- 1950s ? Sd B/W History of Fiat
INCLUDING:
00:15:46 1940s / 1950s Steel works - stamping
out body parts - tracking shot through
factory showing various processes and workers - some women. Lines of
finished cars. Wheels and
tyres fitted. Cars off
production line. Cars polished and
finished - out of factory and tested on velodrome type track. 00:21:24
Note: Tape sold on
access basis - permission to use may be required from Fiat
221082 06:13:21
- 06:17:18 1910s SIL B/W [Venice Pre-1914]
INCLUDING:
06:15:08 Workers demo, red flags. Men in hats watch. Man on bicycle; women in traditional clothes sell flowers. Stills of Jews (women, men & child in hats). Painting of the White Knight.
06:16:34 GVs of street, people, tram, horses & carts.
06:16:58 Women feed pigeons outside cathedral / Basilica in St. Marks
Square, Venice - includes good CU. 06:17:
Travelogues. Piazza di San Marco, Venezia. Edwardian Fashions.
220497-09 01:33:53 - 01:38:03 1911 Si b/w [1911 - Russian Spoke
Carriage Wheel Invented; Ship in Ice; Oxford & Cambridge Race; Royalty]
INCLUDING:
01:36:58 Russian Inter-title: Rome - Italian King receives German Crown Prince.
01:37:03 Ornate carriage arrives
w/ officer & wife. Prince sets
into a carriage & salutes, followed by King (?). Two women into
another carriage, one w/ feather covered hat.
01:37:26
220930 20:14:11
- 20:29:33 1918 SIL B/W Where Italy Meets The Hun R1
INCLUDING:
20:16:44 Women clear Italian mountain roads of
snow. Troops clearing snow. Red Cross ambulance drives past. LS troops digging after avalanche. Troops in snow shoes. Troops advance on horse carts and trucks.
20:18:36 Railroad guns put in
place and fired at Austrian lines. Artillery emplaced on mountainside
20:21:22 MS convoy of trucks
crosses bridge, Italian Alps. Armoured vehicles / early tanks drive past
camera. CU troops riding on armoured car mounted w/ large gun, followed by
others. Convoy of horse-drawn supply carts and trucks
20:22:53 Pack mules cross pontoon
bridge over river, viaduct / rail bridge visible in distance. MCU pack mules being led past camera,
mountain village in background.
20:24:50 Dogs loaded w/ ammo to
carry across mountains.
20:25:28 Aerials of Italian troops
building dam across river. Camouflaged pontoons for bridge hauled over mountain, lowered to river. Troops crossing completed bridge.
20:28:08 Aerial of barbed wire on
Italian Alpine border. MS soldiers
in mountain hideaway.
20:28:49 Red Cross medics w/
stretchers pulled by horses on Balkan front. Red Cross ambulance past camera.
221721 03:24:32-
03:31:59 1920s SIL B/W [1920s - Fiume &
DAnnunzio; Mussolini; Maxim Gorky]
INCLUDING:
03:29:09 Crowd at base of ruins or ?? People, government workers?, marching
past Coliseum; thru streets w/ placards & banners, some women. 03:29:57
221143-28 06:24:53 - 06:25:49 1931 SIL B/W Fascist Youths In First
Public Appearance Since Controversy (1931) Italy
Large filled stadium w/ youths marching with banners around inside & across
field. Mussolini w/ bandage on
nose and in suit standing. Young women dancing on field in unison; young
men doing callisthenics.
Black shirts;
221540-28 01:40:22 - 01:41:52
1931 SIL B/W Noted Resort Holds Lavish
Midsummer Thanksgiving Fiesta
High angle of crowd & large animated floats; MCU w/ people dancing on
floats, others follow in street.
01:40:53 Street level w/
musicians, women on float pas. Large paper mache figures walking w/ men guiding. Some w/ army helmets. Clowns on float, dragons, ghouls, etc.
Viareggio, Italy Festival;
Celebration; 1930s;
NOTE: Burlamacco clown face was shown for first time in 1931.
221248-08 06:04:37 - 06:05:10 1934 SIL B/W [1934 - Italian Horse Jumping Competition]
Large crowd watching riding contest in park w/ large trees. Riders over jumps. Three women & elegant civilian man beside military officer. Mussolini watching from covered
box. Elegant man waves while
holding cigarette. LS of arena
area looking at crowds beyond jumpers. Mussolini presenting large trophy; crowd applauding. Mussolini gives medal to rider.
Contest; Fascists; 1934; 1930s Italy;
200552-22 03:30:09 - 03:30:50 1936 SIL B/W Rigorous Drills Help Italy Find ?? Women
Women Fascists drill & exercise, Orvieto, Italy. Callsthenics. Very choreographed.
1936; Italian Military;
220769 03:07:41
- 03:08:08 1939 SIL B/W [70,000 Fascist Women Parade]
Huge parade in Rome, Italy. Women in military uniform, in regional costume. Huge crowd cheering. Mussolini on balcony
221549 17:28:59
- 17:44:52 194? SIL B/W S.I. Operations R2 of
INCLUDING:
LS Pan over city square,
large number of people (poor quality). POWs marched past. Overhead
shot of men packed into square behind barbed wire. Men entered into another pen from high angle.
17:30:25 Jeeps & truck w/
soldiers outside large house. POV
following truck & trailer in convoy down rural road, passing jeeps etc. Convoy parking. Soldiers past.
17:31:26 Int. (dark).
17:31:46 Men sitting w/ papers at
table, talking. Several women. Man at blackboard describing tank drawn. men & women taking notes. CU
lecturer. Ext. Group coming out of building.
17:33:29
AND:
17:38:56 Men & women playing volleyball in field beside village. 17:40:03
NOTE: Poor focus & quality w/ graininess
but usable as spy footage. Also
occasional shutter problems.
221441 08:10:59
- 08:22:06 194?;
195? SD B/W Zinc Valley
Dir. Joe Falletta, Photography Massimo Sallusti.
Northern Italian foothills w/
mountains beyond. Steep valley,
Val Seriana, w/ houses and small villages. Men going to & from work in zinc
mine, walk up road carrying lights, up steep path; rail ore cart. Light lamp & enter tunnel &
walk down steps cut into rock, to face & put on masks & pick up drills
& begin working. Men pushing
carts of ore.
08:14:40 View out of tunnel w/ ore
carts pulled by small engine around hillside to dump into cable cars & to
bottom of valley; POV along aerial cables & dumped into processor shaking
out zinc. Women hand picking from conveyor belt. Crusher & large drums turning. Slurry w/ paddles & mud removed to another plant for
extraction of zinc.
08:16:59
220993 06:43:57
- 06:52:06 1940 SD B/W Giornale Di Guerra No.68 [R1]
[Luce] Fascist Youth of the Gioventu Italiana del Littorio parade for
Party Sec. and officials at Forli; older boys in uniform reviewed; shirtless
boys w/ rifles and drums line up for review and march in goose-step style.
06:45:07 AV mountain village near Predil Pass; miners walk to mine, descend in lift; VS zinc
and lead mining, miners w/ hand drills and larger pieces of machinery; crates
of ore hoisted out of mine and up Teleferica cableway.
06:47:32 Per I Nostri Soldati Bus pulls up, vars performers off to entertain Italian troops at request of Ministry of Culture; VS women apply make up, get dressed etc. Soldiers given fruit. Troops watch vars performances on stage w/
OND banner above [Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro]: female singers and dancers, accompanied by
band; vars singers w/ male compere sing w/ lyrics on large sheet for audience; comedy sketch; troops applaud;
military band plays among audience.
220327 07:22:00
- 07:24:16 1940s Sd b/w Film Communique, 10th Issue - Bingo R1 of 2, Pt. 1
of 3
Exclusive for the men and women of
American Industry
07:22:34 Title: Bingo
Large guns firing barrage from beneath camouflage nets on Italian front. That
was Bingo. Its a great game the
way our boys play it. It
originated in North Africa, this is how it works in Italy...
Spotters w/ binoculars, spotting scopes & periscopes from sandbagged
position. Men in headquarters on
telephone receive information, plot it on map & phone all batteries in
area. Troops run out from bunkers, loading guns, ordering to fire,
firing. LS aftermath bombed small Italian village. Narrator says it wears out the
guns and for workers to keep working. GOOD montage sequence of firing.
WWII European Theater - Italy; War Incentive Effort; War Workers Propaganda;
221207-05 22:05:16 - 22:12:51
1940s sd B/W [Ardentine Massacre]
May be staged. Underground &
performing autopsies on deteriiorated bodies; priest
gives blessing. Cutting clothes
off bodies; People looking at remains of clothing. Men unearthing pile of bodies buried in dirt; coffins
carried. CU of list of prisoners
killed 24Mar44. Remains of bodies in coffins as camera
moves across.
22:07:10 Women over open wooden coffins as priest blesses. CU womens
faces. Woman carried out past crowd.
22:08:24 Ext. of trial
building. Int. people;
judges. CU of accused photo on
card of Donato Carreto & Pietro Caruso. Into court room on crutches. Relatives into courtroom. Lawyers speaking & gesturing violently.
22:09:14 Woman gesturing to policeman. People mob the accused & beat him as hes led out.
22:09:38 Prison from above. LS of Donato Carretos bloody body hanging on exterior of jail. Int. Pietro Caruso in bed; CU of face. Removed
from van and walkingon crutches to chair in front of
hillside w/ priest. Shot from
behind by soldiers.
22:10:22 People walking,
checkpoints & papers checked. Partisans reviewed. Archival footage of marching thru street w/ banner.
22:11:23 People moving in rural
setting, in small town market, loading bags on trucks & resettling. Soldiers watching. Farmer plowing w/ oxen, planting. Village church,
nuns w/ small kids. Title: The End The March of
Time.
221693 20:00:06
- 20:16:09 1940s;
1944; SIL COL [1944 - WWII,
American Flags in Algeria & Sicily]
Large 48 star American flag at half-staff in El Elia,
Algeria cemetery; British flag flying in background. MCU.
INCLUDING:
20:10:33 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 26Apr44 Lt. W.R. Wilson. Sign at entrance to 206th Signal Depot
Company w/ sentry posted. Mts behind. Volley ball game w/ soldiers, flag behind. Flag & soldiers past tents, railroad tracks & large
building & other buildings behind; large mountains in background.
20:11:32 Sailors on small US naval
ship (subchaser ?) in harbor,
docked next to another, mts behind. Men cleaning ammunition. USA flag flying from balcony of
building, sailors (wounded) & women on balcony.
20:12:08 Slate: Palermo,
Sicily 28Apr44 Lt. Wilson. Sign: The
Stars & Stripes on balcony w/ flag; Giornale above door. Another Italianate building w/ flag from
balcony. American & British
flags on Allied Control Commission (?) building. Flying from another unid. building
balcony,.
20:13:03 Palermo harbor & US navy ships & amphibious float planes by
airstrip. Unid.
city location w/ mountains behind.
20:13:31 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 28Apr44 Lt. Wilson. City of Palermo from Monte Pellegrino w/ tall flag pole.
20:14:15 Flag outside stone (?) /
stucco building w/ sign: Base
Engineer Depot. Man walking past.
20:14:36 Subchasers in harbor w/ US flags, anti-aircraft artillery,
sailors lower flags to half staff.
20:14:55 Slate: Palermo, Sicily 29Apr44 Lt. Wilson Flag
over white crosses in US military cemeteries at Palmero & San Stefano.
20:15:44 US troops on parade in
city, crowd watches from sidewalks. Unid building (airport?) w/ flags.
NOTE: Locations from NARA ARC description. Locations needs to be verified.
220976 13:00:00
- 13:11:12 1941c SD B/W Italian Newsreel Giornale #190
Luce
LS military line streets outside official building, title: Cronaca di Roma; open-top limo pulls up at University City,
Dr. Walter Funk, Reichsminister for Economics, w/
Minister Riccardi greeted by Minister Bottai, German ambassador Mackensen and Rector ? Party reviews lines
of troops and women in black
dresses.
13:00:56
220591 18:10:48
- 18:15:00 1943
? Sd B/W Sicily - The British 8th Army
Sweeps up East Coast.
INCLUDING:
Off coast of Sicily
Allied fleet comes under enemy air attack. Explosions as ships are bombed.
18:11:20 British 8th Army marching with full packs inland. Troops including
Scottish walking along road. White
flags of surrender flying in Russolini ? Italian officer - British troops drinking wine from pitchers. British troops continue North. Avola , Union Jack raised after being taken over. British army tanks and military
equipment down streets of Avola. 8th Army soldiers sharing chocolate
with women and children. US airborne
troops on horse and cart enter Avola. British troops hand out food from captured
German food stores to locals.
18:12:46
221073 04:48:15
- 04:58:22 1944 si B/W [Rome Liberated - WACS in Italy]
05-06Jun44 American soldier
greeting junior Roman Catholic priests in St. Peters Square, Vatican
City. Italian [?] soldier reading something to priests and pointing to balcony. Nun escorted through crowd by US troops
- Black priest talking to troops - crowds in square - troops off truck. Close shot two priests talking. St Peters Square crowds gathered. Women on steps reading bible. Army
chaplain with Italian priests. Young boy with binoculars - people
standing on cart for better view.
04:53:18 US soldier sitting w/ arm round little boy, St. Peters Square crowds
behind. Crowds clapping and
cheering - Italian military officers
[some soft focus]. Children
looking up waiting for Pope Pius to appear [no shots of Pope].
04:54:27 American women soldiers WACS pose for camera on
dock - good shots - WACS away from dock past crowd of GIs. Military trucks past shell-damaged
buildings. Female troops resting
under trees reading letters. WACS
clearing ground with pick axe - tents - setting up camp - into shelter / fox
hole.
WWII. Italian Campaign. Victory Celebrations. Women at War.
220334 19:25:27
- 19:27:23 1944 Sd b/w General Mud
Film Communique Sixth Issue R1 of 2
US army camp w/ tents in muddy fields in Italy; women walking between tents. Jeep up deep ruts, military equipment
& trucks thru deep mud. Truck
stuck in mud & hauled out by wrecker / breakdown vehicle. Upside down truck; artillery &
trucks off road. Troops digging
out trucks up to knees in mud. Tanks stuck in muddy river. Bulldozer pushing mud. Blasting mountain; crushing rocks & roadbuilding.
trucks etc on road.
220441 08:16:28
- 08:27:40 1944 si B/W WWII - Italy - Troops Advancing to Front
People by stone buildings. Trucks,
jeeps & men through narrow streets. Kids & women walk through
rubble. GIs looking at map have
maple leaf (?) on helmets. Washing
up at pump. Passing out tins of
food. MCU of men sitting; smoking
cigarette & cigars. Men
drinking from pump as man cranks. Jeep & troops walking through
village. Walking up dusty road
toward camera, both sides of road. Lines of mules lead right to left in foreground & left to right on
upper ridge. MCU past camera on
bend in road with tarps over packs. Medic jeep past & horse & mule led. GI w/ cigarette riding horse leading mules. Troops moving up. Jeep driver w/ goggles. Trucks & jeeps over filled
cut. Men advance down gully tapes;
Up hill past camera. Lines on road
toward camera moving to front w/ ammo & rifles. Marzbotto sign & men resting. Walking
down into town. Eating while
walking.
220512 04:13:01
- 04:22:40 1944 Si B/W Florence, Italy & destroyed bridges &
buildings. August 1944
GVs River Arno, People cross river on Weir. Ponte Vecchio bridge visible in background, only bridge still standing. Street scenes with
bicycles and horse drawn carriage and pedestrians, Curfew sign on wall in
background. Carabinieri ( police ) checking civilians
passes as they walk through No Mans Land into Florence. People standing on
Ponte Vecchio looking across river to ruined houses.
Close rear shot old man and small boy on bridge looking at bomb damaged
buildings. Sign Ponte Vecchio. Various shots locals
walking through rubble. On the outskirts of Florence the Germans are holding
1000 Italian refugees in deplorable
conditions in concentration camp. Some are escaping via a sewer. Shots Refugees escorted down road led to safety by patriots. Brigadier Hume 5th Army
AMG talking to refugees and giving them cigarettes. Shot of refugees coming out
of manhole cover escorted to safety. Top shot River Arno Palestinians (Jewish
Brigade? members of RASC) distribute water to peasants - Chianti flasks used as
water containers. Women doing laundry at outdoor well
220471 07:34:35
- 07:36:25 1944 SD B/W War Flashes of Action
RAF Strafes Nazi Convoy. Low-level
air attack off coast of Holland. POV from planes strafing. Planes shoot rockets (GOOD).
07:35:18 Negro troops In
Action. 92nd Regiment in
Italy. Firing. Thru small
town. Shake hands w/ liberated
local women. General Mark Clark decorates wounded
Black soldiers in hospital tents. Firing big artillery guns.
07:36:01 New jungle Flame
Thrower. Demonstration of new
weapon used in Pacific.
220472 09:46:59
- 09:47:50 1944 SD B/W Honour For Men Who Fought And
Died At Anzio
Italian women and children bring flowers to American military
cemetery. US soldiers choose
flowers and place on graves. WACS
and army nurses putting flowers and wreaths on graves.
220473 11:16:32
- 11:18:05 1944 SD B/W Tragedy Of War (Italian Refugees)
11:16:37 Title: Cassino Refugees.
11:16:40 LS & MCUs Civilian women, children & old men walking
w/ bags & boxes thru woods & along mountain road, escaping ruins after
battle. Mother and small
child. CU feet wrapped in
rags. Enter ruined house in nearby
town. Child into house. CU kid on parents shoulders.
11:17:07 Title: Anzio Beachhead.
11:17:10 Families of refugees on
road in carts w/ belongings. Ox-pulled cart. CU crying
child hugged by another. Refugees
evacuated on American army trucks & onto LSTs to
Naples. POV from ship. Families aboard ships eating. View of
Mt. Vesuvius over top of army trucks on deck.
11:17:55 MCU Refugees on board in
sunshine; waving from shipboard & disembarking w/ belongings in Naples.
220527 23:46:07
- 23:54:56 1944 SD b/w Army Navy Screen
Magazine No 32
Normandy Invasion - D-Day
INCLUDING:
23:50:41 4th June - Americans enter Rome. Various signs Roma. Tanks
and military vehicles on road. (Briefly out of rack) Crowds outside Colosseum / Coliseum welcome American soldiers. Scots guards playing bagpipes parade. Italian women and girls welcome troops. Various shots as 5th army move towards centre. Good CU happy faces of locals. Local girls riding on tank. Locals tear down German posters.
23:52:52 Crowds in St Peters Square - Vatican. Pope Pius on balcony gives blessing. Church bells ringing. 23:53:31
220785 00:21:56
- 00:32:56 1944 SD B/W San Pietro - Reel 3
Dir: John Huston
142nd Regiment. troops advance, reach the summit of Mount Lungo,
enter San Pietro and check buildings for German
troops and booby traps. Dead are
removed, shrouded, and buried in graves dug by civilians. Name plates and dog tags are nailed to
grave markers. Villagers reenter San Pietro, remove dead
and injured from a collapsed building, clear rubble, and receive food. Women nurse babies and children play.
Oxen pull a plow. New crops and religious procession amidst rubble.
200551 09:01:09
- 09:01:57 1944 SD B/W AMG Rescues War Victims in Italy
Italian refugees rescued from Cassino and Anzio. Refugees, mostly women and
children struggle along road with belongings. Woman with rags
round feet.
09:01:30 Military trucks. Troops
giving tins of food to starving refugees. CU small crying boy. More
crying children. Military trucks
with refugees boarding landing craft which will take them to Naples.
200551 09:10:14
- 09:11:26 1944 SD B/W Bread for Italians
Flour store in Italy with bags of
flour from Canada and USA. Italians making bread. Women queue outside shop, Interior shop as bread is weighed. Italian family enjoying bread and wine.
220806 10:20:46
- 10:27:53 1944 SIL B/W [Monte Cassino]
- some good aerials
Feb44
US troops on mountainside and vehicles on roadside. Aerial Monte Cassino Abbey. Ammunition. Troops resting. Destruction
on road. Troops and vehicle on
road. Huge piles of empty
shells. Aerial village. Tanks and soldiers resting on
tanks. Troops past
village women washing laundry. Good aerial village. Aerials monastery.
Troops on road. Destruction in valley.
10:26:15 Troops searching dead German? Pan over valley.
220806 10:34:22
- 10:41:56 1944 SIL B/W [Monte Cassino]
- good GVs of area
Feb44
Aerials village. Troops and
villagers on road. LS village. Monte Cassino Monastery incl. aerials. Allied troops firing guns in valley and
on road. Tanks. Assault on monastery - explosions and
flak. Clearing huge piles of empty
shells.
High altitude aerials of monastery and village. Mark Clark with troops putting hands up. Men resting on tanks. Men sleeping in ditches by
roadside. Troops walk past village women washing laundry. GVs valley
and monastery. Troops on
mountainside keeping watch.
220806 11:15:50
- 11:25:05 1944 SIL B/W [Cassino Bombardment]
Monastery bombarded. Firing big
guns. Soldier in empty, wrecked
building. GVs valley and vehicles on road. Snowy mountain. Loading
shells into truck. Shelling of
castle? Wrecked hangar and
ruined houses. Italian women on road carrying bundles on head escorted by US troops
(refugees).
220883 21:09:21 - 21:22:13 1944 SIL COL [WWII - 1944,
Flight of the Frightful Old Pig R3 Pt 2]
INCLUDING:
21:16:00 San Severo Airfield. Map showing area - Aircraft on field. Brief
tracking shot along road. Street
scene San Severo. Locals including children in market square. Horse drawn funeral carriage? Men and women on street. CU childrens faces. Pan round buildings. Sign
over door 4th Photo. Tech. Sq.
21:19:24 Sign 90th P.W.R.
Dispensary. American Military
Personnel only. Ambulances outside
building. Sign Sergeants
Mess. Large building (very dark)
21:20:19
NOTE: Any continuous ten minutes sold at per
reel rate.
221210 04:11:33
- 04:19:48 1944 Si b/w [Allied Occupation of
Rome & Electrical Power Restoration; Building RR] (Sep44)
INCLUDING:
04:17:28 Military trucks over Bailey Bridge in
front of higher bridge under reconstruction. MS of men pouring concrete, moving timbers; women carrying rock in baskets on heads
on road project. Dumping on stone
pile. Carrying large rocks on
head.
221206 21:21:25
- 21:30:45 1944 si B/W Easter Services for 45th Div
Men, Anzio, Nettuno Beachead Area
US Army Field Service seen from rear under large barren trees & beside a
few tents. Chaplain standing
speaking. Men sitting on ground
listening, all White.
21:22:05 Men w/ bowed heads. Longer shot w/ man playing small
organ. All bow heads. Mean walking away, others
arriving. Windy. More shots. MCU of bowed heads.
21:24:51 Different service, under
pine trees. Easter service w/
Catholic (?) Chaplin under draped tarp, w/ organist beside. Much gesturing. Stacks of crates nearby.
21:25:47 Coastal caves &
Catholic Mass seen from above. CU
w/ some women present. Priest gives wafer. CU of GIs.
21:27:51 Easter Services for 249th
QM BN, Anzio.
Blacks w/ Black Chaplin at service. Sitting on blocks & boxes, heads bowed. Singing & praying below canyon wall or quarry. GOOD CUs.
White officer speaking.
221206 21:38:35
- 21:40:47 1944 si B/W [Italian Refugee Camp]
Pan over tents - food line
alongside barbed wire fence. Italians served food by American
army. Refugees eating includes women & children. Red Cross nurses handing out clothes to
refugees; refugees get injections. Registration. Man handed
blanket.
221418-07 10:42:46 - 10:53:44
1944 Sd/Sil B/W [WWII
- Arno River, Florence, Italy,
Building Bailey Bridge 03-05Sep44; Lucca; Purple Heart Award]
MCU Men & women watching, bridge partially across. CU sparks from grinding (night?). Day & people on bicycles, jeeps, US army officers inc.
Gen. Mark Clark riding across in first jeep. Standing looking. Pinning medal on ?. Men
watch as he drives off, saluting. CU man w/ medal, salutes.
10:45:45 Women & men Italian resistance fighters (?) marching w/ Red flag as people watch. Carry sign: Divisione Arno, Brigata Garibaldi Brun Faneiullacci.
10:46:31 High angle of large
group. Reviewed by Allied
officers, many wounded. British
Officer at microphones (MOS) as resistance fighters listen. Man given large bundle of papers.
10:47:23 Flag of ?? Italian at mic. Others listen. Men & women w/ bicycles riding, walking
past. US soldiers put food put
into pans, when finished young run to get it. Women &
children eating. US soldiers
trying to get them to leave.
10:49:43 Black troops thru Italian
town street carrying rifles & bazookas. Alongside roadside waiting & firing.
CU black firing rifle. Firing
bazooka, view of smoke rising.
10:50:50 Slate: Troops in Lucca Girls waving small flags. Captured
prisoner put into jeep under guard, waves as they leave. US troops walking up road thru city
wall entrance. Looking at wall
poster: Hurrah For Te Gallant
Fighters For National Liberation. Hurrah for the Fifth Army. Troops talking to people. Girls given cigarettes. POV
thru cheering women, men,
flags. Dark street.
10:53:03 Slate: 29Aug44 Sd. Gen.
Clark talking to patient in hospital bed & awarding Purple Heart as nurse
watches.
NOTE: some of reel is dark & soft focus but good action.
X 221287 18:16:16
- 18:41:01 1944
ca SIL COL [Italy WWII Color Home Movies] Pt. 1 of 3
Large Italian monumental fascist
Victory Arch. Across it: Caserta
Ai Suoi Eroi beneath
statue of Italian soldier.
18:16:50 Jeep past on rocky road
lined w/ olive (?) trees. Jeep
approaches camera. Two British
sailors (?) & two women walking
w/ dog up road on rocky hillside past camera & keep walking. POV from jeep along road, w/ mountains
beyond. Meeting truck on narrow
road. Three men in horse or donkey
pulled wagon down road. Steep
rocky hillside.
18:20:33 POV from DC3 (?) past
engine flying over land. View from
cockpit behind pilots. POV out
side window low over Italy countryside & buildings in early morning
light. Along railroad. View from cockpit w/ sea visible. Dark. Fighter plane taxiing, another flying over.
18:22:44 Bright sunshine &
Army Air Force fighters taxing. Man walking past sign to tent: Transient Personnel Report Here Telephone, Mess, and Transportation. Airman runs up, gets book & runs back (gag?)
Men by runway w/ fighters warming up & taxiing away for take off (not
seen). Wrecked plane visible.
18:25:00 Men watching bulldozer alongside
runway, planes moving. Heavy smoke
in background. Fighters over in
formation. Planes on runway. POV from plane past bombers parked w/
wrecked hanger behind. POV from
plane over countryside fields, shadow on ground. POV over large farm buildings & along coast.
18:29:04 Posters on wall of FDR,
Churchill, an Italian & boot stomping on Italy. Two women along
front of building past barbed wire barricade. City square w/ pedestrians & traffic (dark). Men towards camera. Large statue on pedestal w/ people
sitting at base, pan around park. Bus stop for Pompeii.
18:30:43 Men & women (black market?) on sidewalk
(brief).
18:31:16 Ext. building w/ crest
above door (very dark. Street from
upper window w/ pedestrians; buildings dmagaed. American military women walking. Carved sone on top of church (?). Large
buildings w/ heavy bomb damage. US
servicemen past in horse cart. Soldier shaving seen from behind w/ small mirror hanging on window.
18:33:26 Large ash cloud from
volcano eruption, Vesuvius (?); servicemen watch from across valley.
18:35:32 Pan over bombed village
on hillside. View along &
from. US army jeep w/ two men. Villagers shoveling rubble. Jeeps & trucks on
road. Mine warning sign. Heavy rubble along coast; bombed town
& docks. Army trucks past w/ sodliers in back. Women & men walking
past. POV from jeep along damaged
stone walls. Women carrying packages on head. Large cart pulled by horse. Overhead shot of couple riding in horse cart.
18:38:45 Large building w/ 3 flags
on tall poles: U.S., British & Italian (?). Many military vehicles parked &
passing; civilian & military pedestrians. US sailors & soldiers; view around square &
buildings. (GOOD)
X 221287 18:41:16
- 18:57:47 1944
ca SIL COL [Italy WWII Color Home Movies] Pt. 2 of 3
Woven straw souvenirs of Naples on
monument base; women sitting beside
table w/ woven bags hanging on wall. Street sign pointing ahead: BR. C.M.P Infm. Bureau, Salerno, Avellino,
Caserta, Capua
18:41:47 Elaborate hearse past
pulled by two horses w/ attendant on back. Fruit sellers beside road w/ stands. View beneath front of fighter airplane
w/ RAF (?) markings; LS of man warming it up & taxiing across pasture
field.
18:42:47 Large ornate Italian
building. US airmen look at wrecked
military equipment, artillery, shells. Bullet marked sign; Roma
52.6 Terracina 50.2 (opposite directions), heavy damaged buildings behind. Views of destroyed buildings along road
& traffic past. GOOD
destruction shots. Planes flying
low behind. Road sign
Cisterna. Two AAF men walk past;
traffic on road.
18:44:12 Flooded farm house. POV from car along buildings &
destruction. Bullet marks on
buildings, windows blown out, collapsed. Tanks in water at edge of road & sea. Road sign: Terracina; seen (leaving). Following jeep or ? pulling artillery. Shot of wheel turning on pavement
(upside down).
18:46:12 Soldiers taking picture
outside basilica, two women walk
past; boy standing nearby. Roof
dome w/ ornate statues & tiles. Priests walk past. Woman in shawl carring child. School children. Church school (?).
Wrought iron gate: Conotredome dAfrique and
Catholic church building w/ towers. African woman in robes
entering. Old men sitting on
foundation. Town from hilltop.
18:50:20 US airmen beside small
monoplanes w/ ? markings. Tents
around small airstrip. City on
hillside. French advertising sign
on building. View of city
buildings from room window. Backlighted clouds; other cumulus clouds over tile
rooftops. Men repairing top of
chimney.
18:53:20 View of very straight
road across park like field running to mountain beyond. Soldiers talking to women & men on rooftop. One in soldier uniform w/ beard; pan
across. Other shots over
roofs. Soldier taking still picture
of another; one turns around, motion picture camera mounted on tripod.
18:54:43 CUs flowers, pan to stone wall & two soldiers walk along, stop for cigarette
& leave. Two young boys wave
to camera.
18:55:56 Small building: Foyer Soldat Douanes (customs?). CU GI
smoking, looking & camera bag. Sitting on wall w/ sea behind & several other officers. Pose & look at their still cameras.
H1149-01 02:00:09 - 02:11:05 1944; SD B/W [WWII - 1944, German
Newsreel, Monte Cassino, Italy; Vatican; Russian Front]
Titles.
02:00:30 New recruits in the Dutch
Workers Service presented w/ symbolic shovels to work for New Germany
02:00:49 Greek Orthodox (aka Greek
Catholic) religious ceremony in Serbia. Serbian national dance in courtyard marks end of Slav
festival.
02:01:24 Yacht race off Malaga in
Spain.
02:01:33 Czech soldiers
demonstrate skiing in High Tatras mountains; officers
watch.
02:01:47 French fishing boats set
sail, leaving harbor; under German motor torpedo boat
protection. Commentary suggests PT
boat protection is to prevent the French from escaping across Channel. Twin anti-aircraft guns on larger ship
(GOOD CUs) fire at Allied bomber.
02:03:10 On board French fishing
boat, herring sorted & salted. Drying fish in ovens.
02:03:27 Trieste - Italian army
celebrate Catholic mass on parade ground. Men swear allegiance to flag. MCU Officer speaking (MOS), kissing flag.
02:04:10 Map of Italy & Corsica. Southern Italian front. German reenforcements moving up, supplies. Provisions by donkey along ridge, to
mountain positions. Bread taken
into foxhole. German artillery
& planes overhead.
02:05:16 OSS commentary says
following footage in German newsreel is religious propaganda. Monte Cassino monastery before bombing. Bombing
& ruins of Abbey at Cassino. OSS commentary says the Abbey was being
used as an observation post for German military purposes. Monk, Abbot of Monte Cassino walking w/ German officers, into car, arriving
Vatican City. Sign.
02:06:29 Castel Gandolfo in ruins,
OSS commentary says German commentary said there were 15,000 women & children refugees lost in
the raid. Bodies of dead children
on roadside. Stretcher carried
from rubble of village.
02:06:58
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220471 07:15:37
- 07:16:10 1945 SD B/W G.I.s Relax In Venice
GIs in uniform & civilian clothes on gondolas. Man on gondola holds two women in uniform w/ gondolier at back poling & musician playing
accordion. Larger boats full of
American soldiers on grand canal. DUKWs w/ soldiers
on canal.
220685 00:20:25
- 00:26:30 1945 SIL B/W 92nd Div. Parade and Ceremony
- Genoa / Fascists Surrender
Troops march towards camera. Legs
marching. Italian resistance ? in parade. Top shot Italian escorting prisoner -
walking along with hands raised. Officers standing on street. Women in car - prisoners ? .
00:22:59
221034 09:24:39
- 09:25:46 1946
c SIL B/W [Italian War Brides ? Boarding Ship]
Line of women - Italian war brides ? - boarding ship, some with babies, checked off
list. VS women waving from decks.
220706-09 03:20:14 - 03:25:35 1947 SIL B/W [Post-WWII - 1947, Allied
Occupation of Italy - Morgan Line
Castle of Gorizia with US flag flying. Rear view US soldier sitting on high
wall of castle using field telephone. Front view same. Two soldiers
in street talking to local women in
upstairs window. Large sign at
demarcation line in three languages Limit of Zone of British-American
occupation. This is the Italian - Yugoslavian border. Man having suitcase searched by US
soldiers. Woman crossing border having papers checked. Other people & cars thru border -
US soldiers & Italian Customs
officers. Lorry / truck across
border. US flag flying. Troops search in field - US Sgt.
showing two soldiers the limit of their jurisdiction.
03:24:50 British outpost -
Union Jack flying - soldiers relax
at tables. Italian customs men and English soldier checking papers of women.
250011-02 21:07:31 - 21:09:15 1948 SD B/W Title.
21:07:37 Large crowd in
square. Many men & women from sidewalk thru doorway; other
old people to polls, carried on stretchers as people watch outside.
21:07:56 Two Italian soldiers w/
microphones in turret of tank, others run to jeeps.
21:08:01 Interior w/ voting.
21:08:05 Large freighter in harbor; overhead of demonstrators marching w/ placards,
banners thru city streets.
21:08:26 MCU Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi voting;
Catholic monks in robes. Others
into polling place.
21:08:43 Communist candidate Palmiro Togliatti at microphone; demonstrators out of
truck; CU of poster. Montage of
crowds voting & people waiting for results.
NOTE: Very anti-communist narration.
X 221640 15:27:36
- 15:37:39 1949 SD COL Ancient Rome
Coronet Instructional Films
15:27:55 Woman teacher writing on blackboard: Our Heritage from Ancient Rome. & pulls down map
showing Rome & Italy.
15:28:20 LS across Rome from
hilltop; boy looking at ruins; pan over city & bridge over Tiber
River. Mouth of Tiber River &
docks.
15:29:00 Pan over Ostia rooftops
& ruins.
15:29:12 Map of Mediterranean
& Europe. Stone paving blocks
of Roman road, Appian way. Cart
& cart along road.
15:29:56 Museum exhibit of Roman
war chariot; frieze or carving of Roman soldiers. Monument, triumphal arch & people walking thru. Large ruins of Roman Forum. Model of ancient roman forum.
15:30:50 LS of Forum w/ city
beyond; MS & CUs of ruins of temples; statues of
vestal virgins.
15:31:56 CUs & MSs: statue of Emperor Trajan; statue of Marcus
Aurelius on horseback; statue of Caesar Augustus; Palentine Hill ruins; public baths ruins & model.
15:33:28 Aquaduct remains, w/ MS of arch. CU &
tilt up column. Domed roof on
columns.
15:34:16 Pan across large ruins;
other vistas & details.
15:34:47 Museum displays of
furnishing, kitchen utensils, cooking containers, oil lamps, decorative dishes.
Roman warehouse & jugs for storage; scales & abacus.
15:35:37 Tilt up sculpture showing
toga robes; womens dress. CU statue heads of man, children, wax
tablet & letters. Enscribed base of ??.
15:36:22 Amphitheater ruins; model of theatre w/ covered stage. Open air amphitheater.
221537 20:37:16
- 20:38:19 1950 SD B/W [Warner Pathe News Magazine Of The Screen] title
missing
Ancient Volcano Erupts Again, An
Villagers watch molten lava running down Mt. Etna hillside setting brush
fires. Refugees leave w/ cars, women cry, trucks loaded w/ household
goods. People praying. Dramatic & good footage.
Volcanic Eruption; Peasants; Catholic; Natural Disaster; 1950s; 1950;
221104 10:22:00
- 10:32:54 1950 SD B/W Emilia [Part 2 of 2]
INT factory - workers making ? w/ American machines - Italian foreman trained in Detroit speaks to camera re how machines
funded by ECA have speeded up manufacturing, trans. by narrator; CUs machine tools at work. INT tractor factory - rows of finished vehicles.
10:24:45 Fishing village on sea
coast of Emilia region south of Po River estuary - boats w/ white sails - CUs fresh fish, eels, shrimp etc. Marshy area - fisherman push boats through mudflats. Sign Comacchio
- fishing village on marshes - CUs villagers. Land reclamation in process - drainage
channels being built - water pipes fitted etc. Women preparing
soil in reclaimed field. Water
control station; CU sign QuestOpera E Finanziata Con Il Fondo Lire
E.R.P. Sluice opened - drainage
channel fills up - bulldozers at work. New housing settlement for workers - Regional Director at window of
office, turns to talk to camera - pan to workers & trucks passing by.
10:31:21 Row of women tilling soil. Planting of first vines. Fields full of first crops.
221552 23:10:24
- 23:20:42 1950
ca. SD B/W Aquila R1 of 2
23:11:39 Tilt down ornate columned
town hall, small group of people gathered in front. Int. employment office w/ men in, present card to man
reading newspaper at desk who stamps, initials & takes down binder, shakes
head & man leaves, walks street. Children on carousel w/ man past. Dock gate closed w/ guards. 23:14:17 People walking,
gather in rain for demonstration in city square; speaker, flags, pan women listening holding umbrellas. MCU speaker; listeners applauding.
23:16:01 MCU feet walking on
pavement, thru grass.
23:16:33 Man at construction site,
watches man arrive; gestures no work. Man walks thru war ruins along coast. Kids playing around beached boat, deserted warehouses. Man walks off w/ boy to woman holding baby. Shipyard cranes behind. They go into house, wash for meal, wife
serves bowls at table to man & son. CU boy eating; MCU baby crying in basket. CU parents picture; wife cries; boy drinks from bowl; father
leaves.
Marshall Plan Film; Neo-Realism; Neo-Realist; Italian; Italy; Trieste
(?); ca 1950; 1940s; 1950s; Documentary;
221552 23:21:02
- 23:31:51 1950
ca. SD B/W Aquila R2 of 2
Man walking, docks & railroad yards behind; thru empty city streets. Ext. Perugina store w/ well-dressed woman &
boy out, into new Ford car, wooden station wagon. Man breaks window, steals book. Chased by policeman thru streets as people watch. Others join chase & caught by policemen
in jeep who take him away.
23:23:11 Police station &
policeman at desk looks at book, then man; checks his papers & contents of
billfold; sends him away. Man down endless steps.
23:24:58 Italian newspaper
headline. CU ECA symbol on
building. Men looking at table top
plans w/ flags & cameramen; man signing aid check.
23:25:44 MCU brass band
playing. Ship crane unloading crates
marked ECA Aquila from ship, USNS Pvt. William H. Thomas, w/ US flag in
CU. Women watching, laughing. Crates moved on dock.
23:26:43 Fuel trucks past, large
oil storage tanks. Men unloading
crates, sacks of flour or cement, men sawing boards. Steel plates hoisted &
placed for petroleum storage tanks; welded. Construction of oil refinery.
23:28:39 Man presents papers &
hired, others wait & watch. Tilt up completed refinery, man walking among pipes & tanks, turning
handles.
23:30:20 Workers leaving refinery;
man walking home past election sign; runs greeting wife & children.
23:30:58 Fuel trucks leaving
refinery; along highway thru countryside & towns w/ Aquila on trucks. The End.
221010 02:18:40
- 02:29:12 1950s Sd b/w Land of Apulia
Pan down whitewashed village church tower to row of women sitting at tables cracking nuts / shelling almonds and
singing. Narration re poverty in
region.
02:20:32 Accordian player walking through mountains with group of unemployed young men w/ farm
tools looking for work. Village street, statue of Roman poet
Horace, women drawing water from
well, bucket of water used to water plants - irrigation / water shortage.
02:21:55 Crowds gathered in
village square to celebrate the opening of water standpipe. Dignitory walking
through square and getting water from tap. Running water to Italian villages has been made possible by
Marshall Plan. Horse drinking
water; girl drinking water from running tap.
02:22:38 Drought - dried up river
beds. River in full flood two months
a year. Sign Torrente Sanore. Flooded countryside.
02:23:10 Work being carried out on
river beds, building walls to contain flood water - Construction work. Building
houses. Woman getting bucket of water from standpipe. Salt marshland.
02:24:35 Village - church bell
ringing. Religious procession -
villagers carrying statue of Jesus and farming tools. Catholic Priest holds service on edge of marshes. Men sowing by hand on newly reclaimed
land. Rain / storms. Men in streets watching rain; faces up
to sky. Salvaged areas once again
salt marsh - crops lost.
02:28:04 New agricultural
machinery courtesy of the Marshall Plan. Bulldozers in line moving into area to reclaim land permanently.
220847 08:23:22
- 08:34:00 1950s Sd b/w Italy Today
Police man on point duty directing traffic. Heavy traffic - street scenes -
pavement cafes. Pedestrians / shoppers. Magazine stall. Tourists - buildings.
08:25:00 Fashion - model showing cocktail dress. Woman trying on
jewellery - diamonds.
08:25:29 Night shots streets ( short ) Interior nightclub, people dancing to
Latin American band.
08:25:52 Day shots - smoking chimneys - industry. Man using acetylene. Interior - women sorting wool ? for weaving. Men and women with weaving looms. Fashion industry - sewing room - designer. Men making
shoes. Dentist inspecting false teeth
08:26:57 interior shop, couple feeling blanket before buying. Man paying money into bank ?
08:27:27 Couples on motor scooters -
seven scooters drive off. Man on
scooter getting petrol. Parking
area for scooters. Parking area
for cars. Crowds entering football
stadium. Football match - starts
to rain - umbrellas put up.
08:28:21
X 221391 03:52:09
- 03:01:40 1951 SD COL Venice: Queen
City of the Adriatic (main title
missing)
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films (title missing)
Small vessels on canals - VO re wooden pilings used to form foundations for
city. Historical map of Italy
showing invasions, trade routes & growth of Venice.
03:54:09 St. Marks Square &
Doges Palace seen from canal - St. Marks Cathedral in Byzantine style. Venetian Arsenal where warships
built. High angle shot Grand
Canal. Rialto Bridge. Merchants palaces. 03:56:21 Map showing reduction of Venices power & incorporation
into new nation of Italy.
03:56:56 Venice street / canal
scenes, bridges, pedstrians, goods & freight
moved in barges. Steam launch ferry along Grand Canal - canalside market. Farms on Venetian islands. Fishing.
03:58:30 Making Venitian ornamental glass. Lacemaking. Freighters & docks loading. Causeway from mainland & garage for
tourists to store cars. PoV from gondola. Palaces converted into museums & hotels.
04:00:14 Man feeding pigeons in
St. Marks Square - huge flock. Beach on Venice Lido - women & children in swimming costumes. High shot St. Marks Square. Montage canal scenes, lace & glass making etc.
221260 05:58:08
- 06:07:26 1951 SD B/W Trieste To Lampedusa R1
of 2
Pan over harbor of Trieste w/ fishing boats leaving
dock. Marshall Plan built fishing boats. Map showing route to Lampedusa between Sicily & Africa. Village rooftops & harbor, sheep grazing; shepherd boy w/ lamb around
neck. Stone village w/ women spinning wool, CU w/ kids. Family making cheese. Fishermen mending nets beside cactus,
grass. Men carry nets to water to
work on Trieste boats, kiss wife goodbye, walk past stone walls.
06:02:08 Fishing boats tied togetehr in harbor, seen from
water; men working on boats getting ready to sail. Rigging, boats out to sea, thru water; kids wave from
shore. CUs. Men rowing in rowboats, pulling in nets
& gathering small catch.
06:04:05 Men working on boats, at
wheel, smoking cigarettes, cooking in galley, grinding coffee, reading, working
on engine. Putting out nets &
pulling in. Glass floats. Nets onto ship & raised &
opened. Octopus, squid, small fish
gathered into boxes & wire buckets, hosed & sorted. Sea gulls behind boat. Tieing glass
floats to net.
221687 08:19:16
- 08:20:10 1951 SD B/W Title: News In Brief
08:19:20 CU rapids. LS Lake Como w/ people around shore
where river has washed out land. CUs women &
men.
08:19:35 Partially destroyed
house, men removing broken wall. Woman looking at ruined home. CU destroyed water pipe wrapped around
tree. Man shoveling mud out of house or barn.
08:19:52 Dead cattle. CU sorrowful woman holding child. Running water passed washed out foundation. Men moving large rocks in river.
08:20:06 People walking along
street littered w/ boards, rocks & mud.
X 221218 19:28:29
- 19:44:54 1952 SD COL Italy: Peninsula of Contrast
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films
Map of Mediterranean Sea & Italy,
country outline fades to picture of boot. Montage: coastal village, snowy mountains, farming, modern apartments,
Roman ruins of the Forum w/ Victor Emmanuele Monument
in BG. Map of Italy, Alps. Highland
farmers on mountain slopes, restaurant sign in Italian & German. CUs children of region. Winding mountain road, railway, cable car. Hydroelectric plant.
19:31:44 Map of Po Valley region
showing Turin & Milan. Factories in Milan, Cathedral, railway station. Railroad & highway across flat
region. Farming in Po Valley;
modern machinery.
19:33:07 Appenine mountain region running down centre of Italy,
farming scenes on slopes, oxen pulling plow; farmers
wife w/ geese carrying water to house. Outdoor oven & baking bread. Walled city, narrow streets, women washing outdoors.
19:35:05 Cathedral in Siena; INT
stained glass windows.
19:35:25 High shot across Florence
& street scenes; Michaelangelos statue David.
Ponte Vecchio w/ Florentine craftsmen working w/
leather & silver.
19:36:32 Map. Rome - ancient ruins - Coliseum. Map showing growth of Roman Empire. Paintings of Ancient Rome. Colosseum /
Coliseum & Forum. Vatican City
w/ Swiss Guard at gate & St. Peters Cathedral. Rome street scenes.
19:39:11 Map. Naples, high pan across harbor. Dock
& street scenes. Ruins of
Pompeii w/ archaeologists excavating ashes. Fishing village on Amalfi Coast -
nets mended - swordfish caught - fruit & vegetable market. Terraces built into hillside -
intensive cultivation.
19:41:51 Map comparing size of Italy to US & population.
19:42:29 Tourists off liner in harbor w/ ship unloading. Summary montage of different regions tourists can
visit. Florence Duomo. King
Victor Emmanuele memorial, Rome.
220944 11:01:10
- 11:33:44 1953 SD COL The World
Dances Pt. 3 of 4
Continued from 220943
Musical intermission intro over black screen.
INCLUDING:
11:29:32 Italy montage: pan across Vatican City to St. Peters Cathedral;
Venice, gondola along canal, man crooning Italian love song to woman in
garden. Dancers in arena perform
Tarantella Siciliana; man dressed as gypsy playing
guitar & whistling. [Phyllis
Blooms Village Folk Dance Group.]
Good vibrant colour.
220444 11:49:16
- 11:50:26 1955 Si B/W Fur Fashions Jump Season In
Old Rome
Women model fur trimmed coats
outdoors in Rome gardens. Astrakhan and full fur coats.
221088 16:04:12
- 16:04:53 1955 SIL B/W News In Brief: Italy
Archaeologists digging on site near Roman ruins where pre-Christian treasure
found - statue pulled out off earth [staged?] - underground pipes cleaned - women show off intact-looking pottery
& earthenware.
Archaeology. 1950s
221679 16:38:32
- 16:39:36 1956 SIL B/W [1956 (?) - Earthquake
Aftermath in Italy (?)]
People outside church. Narrow
street w/ collapsed building; others w/ roofs & walls collapsed; crosses
painted on walls noting deaths.
16:39:11 People watch dismantling
of roofs. Field w/ tents; standing
buildings behind.
16:39:29 Men, women & children standing in tent. LS of tents.
220511-15 02:19:40 - 02:22:15 1958 Sd b/w Mid East Crisis - Area
Quiet Pending UN Summit Talks.
President Nasser walking in group, crowds cheering Nasser on 6th anniversary of
the overthrow of Farouk. Nasser speaking from podium - microphones.
02:20:17 Lebanon - Robert Murphy, US negotiator, meets President Chamoun.
02:20:37 Rome - American evacuees from Iraq arriving at airport - men women and children down aircraft steps
02:20:53 Jordan - street scene - flags flying at half mast for King Faisal II
and government leaders killed by Iraqi rebels nine days previously. King
Hussein addressing press conference. US airlift vitally need fuel to Jordan -
unloading gas cans from globemaster plane.
02:21:50 United Nations - Khruschev calls for summit
talks. Top shot New York - UN building
221625-18 01:16:23 - 01:17:28 1959 SD B/W Italy
01:16:25 Women in beauty parlor in chairs for hair
washing. MCU woman having hair washed.
01:16:34 MCU hands sudsing dog w/ soap; washing small chimpanzee or gorilla.
01:16:48 Hands fixing rollers in womans hair in beauty shop.
01:16:54 CU hands clipping dogs
hair.
01:16:59 Three women in large hair driers, manicurist
working w/ several.
01:17:01 Combing yawning gorilla
(?); combing poodle.
01:17:15 Model in hair dryer
pouring tea & sipping.
01:17:20 Gorilla drinking from
baby bottle.
221629-16 06:55:58 - 06:57:26 1960 SD B/W Fashion Parade (Italys 1961 New Look)
06:56:02 Statue & pan to
photographer & fashion model, women & girls watching. Model in
fringed pants poses. Evening stole modeled in front of mirror; evening dress w/ long
train. Glittering fabrics. Gloves & ribbons on gown, model
strokes statues. Odd coats,
skirts. Fur on dresses.
221629-22 07:03:59 - 07:06:09 1960 SD B/W 25 Years Ago (Wiley Post & Will Rogers;
Mussolini & Victor Emmanuel; Royal Garden Party; Howard Hughes) ca 1935
07:04:03 Wiley Post & Will
Rogers on float plane. CUs.
07:04:37 High angle of Mussolini,
King Victor Emmanuel & Italian troops in mountains. MCU talking. Troops & equipment along mountain road. Troops marching to/from ship. Kissing men, children, women. Boarding ship.
07:05:14 High angle of Royal
garden party; Indian troops in dress uniforms, formally dressed men & women. Princess Elizabeth kisses Queen Mary, Duke of Kent to be
George VI, Prince of Wales to be King Edward VIII & Duke of Windsor. King George & Queen Mary shaking
hands w/ guests.
07:05:46 New monoplane landing on
dirt field flown by Howard Hughes. MCU in cockpit. GOOD.
1935; Comedian; Aviation Heroes; Fascist Dictator; Italian Royalty; English Royalty; Playboy;
221722 05:21:07
- 05:21:46 1967 SD B/W Title: Italy
05:21:09 Low angle of Neptune
statue outside the Uffizi silhouetted below Italian tower in Florence, Italy Piazza della Signoria;
statue above fountain.
05:21:14 Interior of Pitti Palace w/ three models in Spring & Summer dresses
on runway watched by crowd of buyers & press. CU people watching. Lydia (?); Aleria (?) knit dresses, tights
& tunics. Patterns.
05:21:38 Formal gowns by Val d Cavera (?).
1967; Jan67; Womens Fashions;
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