Summary

Footage Information

Archive Films by Getty Images
Italy
AD-137 Beta SP; 16mm
Color
Travelogue
1940's; 1950's; 1960's
1940s, 1950s, 1960s, travelogues, Europe, France, Italy, Mediterranean, French, Italians, Europeans, ; churches, street scenes, bridges, statues, cities, basilicas, Italian culture, Italian lifestyles, ; Italian history, European culture, mausoleums, tombs, monuments, traffic cops, cityscapes, Tuscany, ; UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Emilia-Romagna, Etruscan Civilization, Italian architecture, Renaissance ; Architecture, Medieval Architecture, domes, church towers, shopping, mountain climbers, rock climbers, ; mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpine sports, alpinism, adventure, risk, hazards, ; hazardous, icy, slippery, winter, French Alps, Italian Alps, mountains, viewpoints, street markets, ; outdoor marketplaces, retail
Travelogues from the late 1940s through early 1960s filmed in Italy and France, particulary probably around Mont Blanc mountain (located in the French Italian Alps). Contains excellent footage of mountain climbers ascending ice and snow-covered mountainsides, steep cliff faces, using ice axes to chisel away ice, and tying on crampons. Rescue teams practicing drills such as lowering a mock victim down a mountain in a rescue chair. Tourists carefully walking around an ice grotto, looking at mountain vistas and riding in overhead cable cars and dining at mountain outlooks. Also features people enjoying a game of golf in the shadow of Mont Blanc (probably) and footage in Chamonix, including folk dancing and people relaxing by a lake outdoor swimming pool. in ncludes great footage of mountain climbers ascending icy surfaces on what is probably the Mont Blanc mountain in the French Italian Alps. Also includes old towns cities in Italy including San Gimignano, Volterra, and Ravenna, with street scenes, cityscapes and prominent structures. Good footage in Florence, Italy with prominent buildings and structures (including Il Duomo and the Palazzo Vecchio), people looking at the bronze Gates of Paradise (Baptistery Doors) at the Baptistery of St. John, and shoppers at popular outdoor marketplaces. ********************************************************************************************************* 00:59:53:20 Italy Roll 7 Mont Blanc? France Italy TD from snow-covered mountain to people waiting at train station. VS train POV of snow-covered mountain behind tree-tops & mountain glacier. VS tourists carefully walking around alpine glacier (sightseeing). 01:02:00:28 Mont Blanc? France Italy Boy using ice axe to chisel ice from mountain. Buildings on hill above. LS mountaintop partially obscured by clouds. Tourists walking into ice grotto glacier grotto. VS children & women eating at mountain viewpoint. 01:03:41:08 Mont Blanc? France Italy VS TU alpine glacier. VS tourists looking at sights carefully walking around glacier viewpoint grotto entrance. (tourists, tourism, sightseeing, viewpoint, outlooks, vistas) 01:06:30:13 Mont Blanc? France Italy VS rescue team practicing emergency drill w mock casualty victim being lowered down mountain in rescue chair. Rescue team descending mountain w man carrying mock casualty on his back. (emergency services, search and rescue, drills, exercises) 01:08:35:10 Mont Blanc? France Italy LS overhead cable car ski lift ascending w snow-covered mountain range in BG. Tourists carefully descending mountain. People walking near ice grottos. People sitting at tables at mountain viewpoint. Woman feeding wild goat (quick shot). HA Chamonix valley? Cable car view POV approaching station at mountain summit (shaky). 01:09:53:09 Mont Blanc? France Italy VS rescue team practicing emergency drill w man carrying mock casualty victim on his back, victim being lowered down mountain in rescue chair. (emergency services, search and rescue, drills, exercises) 01:11:06:02 Mont Blanc? France Italy VS LS overhead cable car ski lift ascending w snow-covered mountain range in BG. VS cable car ski lift descending w snow-covered mountain range in BG. VS PAN snow-covered mountain ranges & peaks. 01:12:34:11 Mont Blanc? France Italy VS men & women playing golf on picturesque mountain valley. (some good shots, outdoor leisure activities, recreation, sports) 01:14:44:25 Chamonix, France People dressed in traditional clothing folk dancing in street. Male & female musicians playing accordions & violins. Procession of musicians & people walking through streets. Mont Blanc towering over Chamonix. Jacques Balmat & Horace Benedict de Saussure memorial statue. Black miniature poodle dog on street. 01:16:57:21 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS group of mountain climbers ascending snow ice-covered mountain (good shots, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) 01:19:23:16 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS mountain climbers using ice axes to chip away icy surface (ice) of snow-covered mountain. Mountain climbers carefully descending icy mountainside. Mountain climber crouching down on snow & leaning on ice axe. PAN group of mountain climbers sitting at mountain viewpoint & singing together (good shot, leisure, sing-along, resting). CU soles of mountain climbing boots. 01:20:41:03 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS group of mountain climbers ascending snow ice-covered mountain towards summit. VS mountain climbers using ice axes to chip away at icy surface (ice) of snow-covered mountain as they climb. (good shots, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) 01:24:29:09 Mont Blanc, France Italy CU mountain climbers walking across icy mountainside w crampons attached to their boots. (good shot, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) Group of mountain climbers loading equipment & boarding truck for College National Alpinisme Chamonix Group of mountain climbers hiking along mountain path. VS mountain climber tying crampons on around boot. (good shot, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) 01:25:48:05 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS group of mountain climbers ascending snow & ice-covered mountain towards summit. (good shots, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) VS mountain peak & summit. 01:28:03:08 Chamonix, France Mont Blanc VS people in swimsuits sunbathing on grass w swimmers in lake underneath snow-covered Mont Blanc (mountain). VS (including slow-motion) man diving into swimming pool underneath snow-covered Mont Blanc. (good shots, recreation, outdoor leisure activities) 01:29:34:04 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS ascending overhead cable car views of snow-covered mountain peaks & Chamonix Valley? VS snow-covered mountain peaks & Chamonix Valley? 01:31:30:13 Chamonix, France? People looking through telescope & pointing. Mont Blanc, France Italy VS group of mountain climbers ascending snow & ice-covered mountain. (good shot, mountaineering, mountain climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) 01:32:50:13 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS HA TU overhead cable car ski tram full of passengers ascending mountain. VS tourists at mountain viewpoint looking at views of snow-covered mountain. Descending overhead cable car view passing other cable car (slightly shaky). VS passengers in overhead cable car looking out at views (including silhouetted passenger). VS PAN overhead cable car departing station & ascending up mountain. 01:34:54:07 Mont Blanc, France Italy Flowers in soil. VS ascending overhead cable car views of snow-covered mountain. Group of mountain climbers rock climbers resting on mountain. 01:35:49:19 Mont Blanc, France Italy VS mountain climbers ascending steep cliff face towards mountain peak. (great shots, mountaineering, mountain climbing, rock climbing, alpine climbing, alpinism) 01:40:47:05 Italy Roll 8 San Gimignano, Italy LS WS San Gimignano cityscape. Medieval towers of San Gimignano. San Giovanni Gate. 01:41:49:20 San Gimignano, Italy VS medieval architecture, old city street scenes, & medieval towers. 01:43:58:11 Volterra, Italy Agricultural field w city on hill in distance. Cityscape w rooftops & Etruscan tower dome. VS alabaster statuettes & handicrafts for display being looked at. Women walking out of alabaster shop. 01:45:08:27 Ravenna, Italy VS Piazza del Popolo & street scenes w pedestrians. Facade Basilica of San Vitale. Facade Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Facade Mausoleum of Theodoric. 01:46:24:15 Florence, Italy VS Ponte Vecchio bridge & Arno River. Traffic cop directing traffic. People drinking from water fountain. VS Piazza della Signoria. Statues in front of Palazzo Vecchio. Facade Palazzo Vecchio. 01:47:59:03 Florence, Italy Duomo Campanile Bell Tower (Giotto's Tower). VS facade Duomo Cathedral (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore). VS LS Palazzo Vecchio tower from behind window. HA Florence cityscape & rooftops. VS people walking on roof next to Duomo. Dome of Duomo. Procession of soldiers guards marching in streets. 01:49:34:19 Florence, Italy VS people outside Battistero di San Giovanni (Baptistery of St. John). VS people looking at Baptistery Doors (Gates of Paradise). VS bronze Baptistery Doors. 01:51:44:18 Florence, Italy VS people shopping from vendors w stalls stands at outdoor marketplace (including Mercato Nuovo - New Market). (great shots, open air marketplaces, outdoor marketplaces, markets, shopping, Italian lifestyles, Italian culture) Women touching good luck bronze wild boar statue in Mercato Nuovo (customs, traditions, good luck). 01:53:36:00 OUT
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