The film, shot by the Turinese photographer and amateur film maker Luis Bogino (1892 – 1960), displays daily life in Turin, giving a glimpse of the busy downtown area. It can be seen: Via Roma (and ...
The film displays the minute parasites at work destroying the red corpuscles of the frog’s blood. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema: 35mm, positive, acet...
In May 1930 the Alpini National Gathering took place in Naples. The Alpini National Gathering is a traditional event that is generally held on the second sunday of May in a town in Italy, chosen by th...
The great value of the ski in facilitating military movements on snow is here convincingly illustrated. A party of Italian soldiers are seen covering the ground at a remarkable pace, and getting over ...
Home movie depicting two children in their First Communion dress on the balcony of a house in the center of Turin. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema: 9,5m...
Home movie. A group of girls and boys are displayed during the celebration of the First Communion, surrounded by a crowd of relatives. The movie ends with the images of three children on a dirt road a...
Home movie. A group of girls are shown after exiting the school. Then they stop in front of the camera extending the “Roman salute” (fascist salute). The movie ends depicting girls doing gymnastic...
The film is shot in India in the early twentieth century (?), and displays boys performing several contortion tricks, musicians playing traditional instruments and a fakir juggling. The crowd rushes t...
Home movie. Shooting of two children with a cat and a woman during a mountain trip in the Alps. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema: 9,5mm, positive, acetate...
In 1911 Mario Piacenza climbed the top of Mount Cervino with some partners. Apart from the back pack, he was carrying the film camera and the tripod. Considering the conditions of the shots, the quali...
The film is a miscellany of life shooting, related to the first conflict, showing: scenes of provisions using military vehicles with engine or pulled by horses in country and city roads; shootings of ...
The film documents the ascent of the Dente del Gigante (mountain in the Mont Blanc massif). The great ability of Mario Piacenza (April 1884 - Biella, April 16, 1957), together with the particular moun...
The film shows the city of Asti celebrating the fellow citizen Umberto Cagni Count of Bu Meliana, who was an admiral and a explorer. His most famous expedition led him in 1897, together with his frien...
Rome, from a balcony of Piazza Venezia is displayed the gathering of the officers on leave. The amateur footage is interspersed with clips from documentaries concerning the fascism. The video ends wit...
Home movie, Christmas 1939: a child receives from his great-grandparents a crib and the Christmas-tree. The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema: 9,5mm, positive,...
Home movie showing the merry-go-round in Piazza Vittorio Veneto during the winter season, and then the urban area of Fioccardo, where the family finds refuge after Italy's declaration of war in the su...