Descriptive Catalogue of Kodascope Library Motion Pictures (1932)

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CLASS I — Travel, Sports, Manners and Customs 22 REEL NO. TITLE PRODUCER 1033 Code CAFO Italy Post Most of the scenes are in Rome, showing both the ancient and the modern city. There are also a number of characteristic types of the populace, particularly of the working class. The picturesque costumes of the King's Guard, the soldiers, the gendarmes and the monks are shown. A touch of humor is given by a picture of an Italian beer wagon which contrasts sharply with our own ideas of a similar vehicle formerly prevalent in this country. 879 feet standard length Rental $1.25 1034 Code CAFU Naples Post Naples, the second city of Italy in size, occupies one of the most beautiful situations in the world. It is on the slopes surrounding the lovely Bay of Naples. Across the Bay in the distance is Mt. Vesuvius from which clouds of smoke are generally to be seen arising. Naples, next to Genoa, is the most important Italian seaport, and many boats especially from North Africa are to be seen in its harbor. In our trip about the city we visit the Piazza San Ferdinando, which is a busy spot. Busses and tram-cars are everywhere. Then to the Ariago Building, the Church of San Francisco de Paola and the old Palace of the King of Naples when it was a separate kingdom. The eastern part of the city is dark and squalid and unsanitary conditions prevail. After a brief glimpse we are glad to come out to the Piazza del Municipio with its cheerful sunlight and much gayer atmosphere. 904 feet standard length Rental $1.25 1035 Code CAFAR Mr. Outing Instructs Chester-Outing A brief visit to the fascinating Islands of Japan in which, we gain glimpses of many of her more prominent industries. Here is what we see : natives bringing in mulberry leaves to feed the silk worms ; the unwinding of silk from cocoons, and the embroidering of finished silks, men making parasols, tubs and pails, brooms, etc.; a tea plantation; natives picking and drying the tea leaves, sifting and packing them ; a rice plantation where the shoots are first grown close together, then transplanted, and when fully developed are very tall ; the old and new methods of threshing rice straw ; an old mill in the rice country, and finally the primitive methods of raising water for irrigation purposes by means of a foot-power machine. Typical views of an intensely interesting country. 734 feet standard length Rental $1.00 1036 Code CAFER ' Rome Post Beautiful views of the ruins, palaces and fountains of the Eternal City, spread over the plains on the banks of the Tiber and extending to the Seven Hills. Among the historic points of interest are shown the Arch of Constantine, the Take regular weekly service