2 Film reels (88 minutes, color silent; 3,170 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1958
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documents various aspects of life in several cities in Italy, primary Venice, but also including Milan, Garda, Como, Lugano, Maggiore, and the Dolomites. Shown are scenes of the canals in Venice, the Doge's Palace, St Mark's Basilica, Byzantine mosaics at the Ravenna Monastary, markets, street scenes, glassmaking, needlework, tatting lace, children learning nautical lessons, contemporary and historical architecture, lakes, rural areas, churches, castles, garbage boats, ski lifts, camping. Also shown are several maps of trade routes.
Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
2 Film reels (1 hour 24 minutes, color silent; 3,110 feet, 16mm)
Type:
Archival materials
Film reels
Date:
1960
Scope and Contents:
Edited film documents travel in France. Locales shown include Paris (Louvre, Montmartre, Left Bank, Sunday bird market, and Versailles); Rouen; Normandy; Mont-Saint-Michel; Brittany; Chateaux of the Loire Valley (Villandry, Amboise, Chambord, Chenonceaux, and Azay-le-Rideau); Limoges; cave of Lascaux; Carcassonne; Roman ruins (amphitheater at Nimes and Le Pont du Gard); Avignon; Gypsy festival at Saintes Maries de la Mer; Rivera (Cannes, Nice, Monaco, and Monte Carlo); Lyon; Alsace; Nancy; and Chamonix-Mont Blanc.
Supplementary materials: publicity materials, still photographs, sound recording of lecture
Legacy keywords: Architecture castle Europe ; Architecture churches Europe ; Architecture France ; Architecture Religious ; Art France ; Vinyards France ; Cave paintings ; Markets France. ; Mountains ; Tourism ; Travel
General:
Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.20.2
Collection Restrictions:
The collection is open for research. Please contact the archives for information on availability of access copies of audiovisual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played.
Collection Rights:
Contact the repository for terms of use.
Collection Citation:
Thayer Soule Travel Lecture Films collection, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution
