[1950s HOME MOVIE TRIP TO FRANCE & ITALY]

Genre: home movie

Year Published: 1950s

Description: This 1950s silent home movie shows various landmarks from a family trip to France and Italy. The film begins with the “Salus Infirmorum” statue (0:11) of the Virgin Mary, which can be found along one of the paths of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, a pilgrimage site in France. Pilgrims at the Grotto of Massabielle (0:13). A statue and mural of the Virgin Mary in the lower Basilica (0:52). The Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (1:33). Priests and pilgrims in a Eucharistic procession around a Virgin Mary statue (2:11 and 3:43). La Cite, a medieval citadel in the French city of Carcassone (4:00). Ponte Vecchio, a bridge in Florence, Italy (4:53). The Chiesa di San Frediano in Cestello (5:31) in Florence. Olive trees in the Italian countryside (5:49). Two young boys, one with light hair and one with curly brown hair (6:29). The Duomo di Orvieto (6:37). People and pigeons in the Piazza del Duomo in Milan (7:46); Cinzano, Carminati, Valletti, Isolabella, and other signs are visible. The Duomo di Milano (7:58). A Coca-Cola sign (8:05). The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, a shopping center in Milan (8:11). Posters for Vita Colpadre, Fire di Bolzano, and La Rosa Nera (8:22). Another outside front view of the Milan Duomo (8:59). The United States Military Cemetery in Florence (9:52); white crosses for grave markers (10:26). A man leads two yolked oxen pulling a cart (10:40); a boy with a bike stands next to them. A man stands next to straw baskets with pairs of oxen in the background (11:11). Saint Mark’s Basilica (11:16). A gondola ride down a Venice canal (11:47). San Giorgio Maggiore island in Venice (12:02). Doge’s Palace (12:20). Gondoliers on the Grand Canal (12:31); a man and woman sit next to each other in a gondola.