- Title: F-9137
- Summary: THE PO RIVER VALLEY, ITALY: PRESENTS A JOURNEY TO THE PO RIVER VALLEY, THE HEART OF ITALIAN AGRICULTURE. INTRODUCES THE TEXTILE & STEEL INDUSTRIES POWERED BY HYDRO-DEVELOPED ELECTRICITY. INCLUDES A BRIEF VISIT TO MILAN, THE RURAL LIFE OF THE REGION, BUILDINGS, CUSTOMS, SOME OF THE OCCUPATIONAL METHODS OF THE PAST, AGRICULTURE, DAIRY FARMING, SHEEP RAISING, AND GRAIN RAISING. INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURE. PASTA FACTORY. RIVOLTA D'ADDA
- Description:00:21:30 - MAP OF EUROPE, ITALIAN PENINSULA, PO VALLEY 00:21:48 - LS ALPS, SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAIN PEAKS, RIVER FLOWING DOWN MOUNTAINSIDE, BRIDGE, WATER FLOWING DOWN ROCKS. 00:22:09 - MOUNTAIN DAM, PO VALLEY. PIPELINE RUNNING UP MOUNTAIN TO POWER PLANT 00:22:24 - VARIOUS ANGLES POWER PLANT, ELECTRICAL POWER LINES 00:22:52 - LS INDUSTRIAL FACTORY, SMOKE STACKS, INTERIOR PLANT; TEXTILES MANUFACTURING, ITALIAN CLOTH, FABRICS, "MODERN" LOOMS 00:23:19 - STEEL MILL, INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING OF STEEL 00:23:49 - AUTOMOBILE PLANT, MANUFACTURING CARS, FINISHED CARS COMING OFF ASSEMBLY LINE 00:24:08 - MAP OUTLINING ITALIAN CITIES, ZOOM IN MILAN 00:24:27 - LARGE RAILROAD YARDS, MILAN 00:24:32 - MONTAGE MILAN, ITALY, CATHEDRAL, CITY PEDESTRIAN AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC. STREETCARS. 00:24:53 - INTERIOR BANK. CUSTOMERS AT BANK TELLERS WINDOWS 00:25:03 - MILAN RAILROAD STATION, PASSENGERS ON STATION PLATFORM, TRAINS LEAVING STATION 00:25:12 - ITALIAN FARMING AREA, PO VALLEY. SMALL TOWN, RIVOLTA D'ADDA. CHURCH, STONE CARVINGS, MS BELL RINGER PULLING CHURCH BELL ROPE, RINGING CHURCH BELL. CU CHURCH BELL 00:26:06 - RELIGIOUS VILLAGERS GOING TO EARLY MASS, MONTAGE SMALL ITALIAN FARMING VILLAGE, CIRCA 1949. CU SMALL BOY DRIVING HORSE & CART, MAN CARRYING LARGE WHEEL, COBBLE STONE STREETS. RESIDENTS COMING & GOING. SHOPS 00:26:43 - INTERIOR BAKERY; BAKER & YOUNG TEEN BOY HELPING BAKER USING LONG WOODEN SPATULA TO PULL BAKED ROLLS FROM OVEN, CU BASKET WITH ROLLS, BREAD IN IT 00:27:00 - MERCHANT ROLLING OUT AWNING FOR THE DAY'S BUSINESS, WOMAN ROLLING AWNING OUT 00:27:12 - VILLAGE WOMEN FILLING BUCKETS WITH WATER FROM SPOUT ON BUILDING. CU ELDERLY WOMAN PUMPING VILLAGE WELL 00:27:29 - VILLAGE WOMEN WASHING CLOTHING IN RIVER ADDA 00:27:48 - LITTLE BOY WATCHING SCISSOR GRINDER. FOOT PEDDLED SCISSORS GRINDER MACHINE 00:28:00 - CU WOODEN SHOE ON COBBLER SHOP WALL, INTERIOR COBBLER, CU SHOE MAKER AT WORK 00:28:22 - EXTERIOR & INTERIOR HARNESS SHOP, CU WORKER SHINING SADDLE, TACK 00:28:42 - SMALL VILLAGE FARM TOOL SHOP, CUSTOMERS IN SHOP, SHOP KEEPER, CAT 00:29:08 - LS FARMER DRIVING HORSE DRAWN THRESHER ACROSS FIELDS 00:29:18 - ITALIAN DAIRY FARM CIRCA 1949. CU WORKER CLEANING UP LARGE MILK CONTAINERS. WORKERS LOADING MILK CONTAINERS ONTO TRUCK 00:29:56 - SHEEP GRAZING IN VALLEY PASTURE, CU SHEEP FARMER SHEPHERD 00:30:07 - WORKERS HAND CUTTING PATH THROUGH FIELD 00:30:14 - FARMER HARVESTING FIELDS, CU HUGE PITCH FORK AMOUNT OF HAY, HUGE WAGON FULL OF HAY MOVING THROUGH FIELDS 00:30:39 - FARMERS HARVESTING WHEAT FIELDS, HORSE DRAWN THRESHER. "MODERN" FARMING MACHINERY. FARMERS SEPARATING STRAW FROM WHEAT. CU WHEAT BEING THRESHED FROM THE STRAW. BAREFOOTED WORKERS SPREADING GRAINS OUT WITH WOODEN IMPLEMENT 00:31:57 - HORSE DRAWN PLOWS TILLING SOIL, PREPARING SOIL FOR RICE CROPS. WATER FROM THE PO RIVER IS LET INTO IRRIGATION DITCHES. LOW SWAMPY LANDS NEAR MOUTH OF PO RIVER. FARMERS IN RICE FIELDS, FLOODED FIELDS, WORKERS SINGING WHILE THEY WORK 00:33:24 - CHURCH BELL RINGING NOON BELL, CU BELL RINGERS SWINGING FROM BELL'S ROPE CU BELL RINGING 00:33:49 - VILLAGERS AT MARKETPLACE, OUTDOOR VENDERS SELLING PRODUCE, FRUITS & VEGETABLES, MEAT, CHEESE. GOODS MADE IN THE CITIES, FABRICS, SILKS, LINENS. 00:34:48 - INTERIOR STORE OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT STORE, MERCHANT WEIGHING OUT SALT ON SCALE. MONEY PASSING OVER COUNTER BY ELDERLY WOMAN 00:35:22 - WORKERS FIXING COBBLE STONED STREET, BOY WATCHES 00:35:32 - RIVOLTA D'ADDA STREET SCENE, HORSE & CART, PEOPLE INTERIOR BUSY SHOP, BUTCHER SLICING UP MEAT, WEIGHING ON SCALE. CU WORKER FILLING BOTTLE OF OLIVE OIL ON SCALE, PASTA BEING WEIGHED ON SCALE 00:36:16 - RIVOLTA D'ADDA PASTA FACTORY, WORKER CUTTING LONG STRIPS OF PASTA FROM EVEN LONGER PIECES, STRIPS, STRINGS PRESSED BY MACHINE. SOFT STRANDS HUNG ON RACKS & SPREAD OUT, PUT IN TO OVENS TO REMOVE MOISTURE 00:37:16 - CU PAIR OF SILVER SHAVING BOWLS HANGING IN FRONT OF BARBER SHOP. INTERIOR BARBER SHOP, BARBERS AT WORK, SHOP SHARED WITH TAILOR, CU TAILOR SEWING CU BARBER SHAVING CUSTOMER 00:37:41 - ITALIAN VILLAGE CAFE. WORKER MAKING ESPRESSO, ESPRESSO MACHINE, OUTDOOR CAFE, CUSTOMERS DRINKING COFFEE, INSIDE CAFE, MEN PLAYING CARD GAME, 00:38:48 - YOUNGER MEN PLAYING GAME GUESSING HOW MANY FINGERS ANOTHER WILL THROW DOWN SORT OF LIKE ODDS-EVENS GAME 00:39:11 - ITALIAN MEN PLAYING BOCCIE, BOCCI, BOCCE BALL, GAME SIMILAR TO LAWN BOWLING 00:39:30 - HS RIVOLTA D'ADDA, ITALY 00:39:36 - ITALIAN HOUSEWIFE PREPARING EVENING MEAL, MAKING PASTA IN OPEN FIREPLACE. FAMILY AT DINNER TABLE WIFE, MOTHER SERVING FAMILY, THEN EATING 00:40:02 - LOW ANGLE, BELL TOWER, BELL RINGER SWINGING FROM ROPE, ASSISTED BY TEEN BOY. CU BELLS RINGING 00:40:20 - MS MAN PEERING THROUGH HOLE IN BRICK WALL, TALKING TO POLICEMEN ON PATROL. HS TWO POLICEMEN, ONE LIGHTING CIGARETTE 00:40:46 - LOW ANGLE CHURCH BELL TOWER, POLICEMEN PATROLLING COBBLE STONE VILLAGE STREETS 00:40:57 - MONTAGE RIVOLTA D'ADDA, ITALY. 00:41:07 - ZOOM OUT MAP, EUROPE, ASIA
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: F-9137