Home Movie: Zellerbach Collection: 012669 (silent)

Complete Record: Description: James D. Zellerbach, U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1957-60, and family take the ocean liner Queen Mary to Europe and tour Italy in the late 1940s. Includes silent newsreel footage from INCOM, the Italian newsreel, featuring Zellerbach. titles: We Leave New York Aboard the Queen Mary, June 24, 1948 Arriving Cherbourg June 29, 1948. A Trip to the Rigi Over the Alps to Rome Arriving July 6, 1948 Excursion to Formia Itri Official Trip to Sicily August 6-8, 1948 Mt. Aetna Taormina To Siena for the Palio, August 14-17, 1948 Radicofani S. Gimignano The Palio A Trip to the North, August 28-September 6, 1948, Pisa Venice and the Annual Regatta Catholic Action Youth Jubilee, Pizza San Pietro, September 12, 1948 To the South, September 13-19, Bari Fair Alberobello with its Eleventh Century Houses Castel del Monte, Twelfth Century Hunting Lodge of Frederick II Naples Capri Pompei Amalfi Week End in the Hill Towns, Orvieto Label on can states: "Mission to Italy, Part I 1948-9" Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1940s, Vacations, Tourism, Parades and processions, Boats and boating, Architecture, Social classes, Religion, Politics and government Tags: image extends between perforations; intertitles; ocean liners; ships; piers; crowds; titles; microphones; politics; Cunard White Star Line; steamship departing New York Harbor; crowds on pier; crowds on docks at ship send-off; Queen Mary passenger ship; ships; filmed aboard a ship; gangways; tramways; ports; Statue of Liberty; on-deck; windy; women hold on to their hats; mountain railways; outdoor cafes; sunglasses; filmed from airplane window; mountains; snowy peaks; flying over the Alps; airports; propeller planes; tarmacs; domes; ruins; sights of Rome; Military Air Attache airplane; private jets; posing for camera; motorcycles; towers; walking arm in arm; Palio di Siena; horses; spectators; horseback riding; flag waving; suits of armor; flag tossing; procession; drummers; oxen pulling carts; horse racing; under-exposed; camera registration issues; plazas; piazzas; gondolas; gondoliers; rowing; boat races; canals; white pants; Leaning Tower of Pisa; Piazza San Marco; feeding pigeons; pigeons of Saint Mark's Square; Lion of Venice; filmed from boat; Venice gondolas; regattas; gondola race; boat race; enormous crowds; throne; popes; Pope Pius XII; Catholic Action Youth Jubilee; Piazza San Pietro; Bari Fair; men posing in front of Naval Attaché airplane; "USA ERP" building; 11th Century houses; Trullo Sovrano; boat in dark cave; laundry; clotheslines; carrying on head; sunglasses; Blue Grotto; panoramic views; rocky coastlines; scenic beauty; terraced land; mosaics; cathedrals; Europe; buildings Film Sponsor: Creator: James David Zellerbach Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Zellerbach Family Collection PC-0167, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1948-06-24 through 1949 Release Date: Geographical Location: Italy; USA; New York; New York, New York; France; Cherbourg, France; Switzerland; Vitznau, Switzerland; Rome, Italy; Formia, Italy; Sicily, Italy; Pisa, Italy; Venice, Italy; Alberobello, Italy; Naples, Italy; Pompeii, Italy; Amalfi, Italy Genre/Form: home movie, amateur Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal, print, positive Color: color, b&w Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle circle circle, square triangle Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 887