16mm Sound Films (1957)

NEAPOLITAN INTERLUDE The beauty and historic background of the Naples area are brought into clear focus in this comprehensive tour. Here are famous old buildings and churches beautifully preserved in a Photo: Italian State Tourist Office teeming metropolis; here are the primitive villages of the countryside, the picturesque coast, the splendor of Mi, Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompeii. _ .,*«„„ 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 ITALY FLORENCE An insight to the first city of Tuscani, world famous art center. A trip to the art galleries housing masterpieces of Florence's great artists, including Raffaello and Botticelli. Included is a visit to the straw market and the workshops of hand craft artists who have made the Florentine trademark so famous — silversmiths, inlaid leather workers and mosaic workers. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Sale $50.00 ITALIAN VISTA A study of the people in the south of Italy beginning with the skilled artisians of Naples. The southern Italian cities, towns and villages proclaim the country's evergrowing problem "Over Population." The tour includes visits to fishing villages and citrus groves, continuing to the pastoral island of Sicily and its ancient civilization. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 THE ETERNAL CITY We approach Rome, the cradle of European civilization by the Old Appian Way, originally constructed by the Emperor Claudius Appius. Past the great walls we go through the Archway of Emperor Constantine near the ruins of the great Coliseum to turn back times as we visit the Roman Forum, the magnificent Basillica of St. Peter, the great Treir Fountain and other famous sites of the Eternal City. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 ITALIAN KITCHEN A visit to an ordinary kitchen in a picturesque Italian town for a lesson in Italian cooking. Here the Italian housewife prepares typical Italian dishes including spaghetti and sauce, ravili, minestrone soup, guocci, and fritto misto among others. Grab your pencil for you won't want to miss a trick in preparing these mouth-watering recipes. THE LAGOON Not only do we sightsee Venice, the most romantic of all Italian cities, but study the production of fine hand made lace, an old and traditional craft. A climax of the visit is to the world famous glass works on the Island Murano where we witness an exhibition of glass blowing by a young man who is considered the greatest artist since Michael Angelo. MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND A comprehensive tour of Sicily a its turmultous history. Palermo, capital is a city of contrasts, b< modern and ancient as its histaj The produce of Sicily in fruit a vegetables is unrivaled anywhere Europe. An excellent picture of t farmers and herdsmen of this cient island. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Sale $50.00 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50 LUXEMBOURG THE GRAND DUCHY Perched high on its rocky crag and surrounded on all sides by deep valleys is Luxembourg City, picturesque capital of the proud State of Luxembourg. The tour of the Duchy includes a visit to the Moseli River Valley at the time of the colorful grape and wine harvest. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Sale $50.00 NORDIC COUNTRIES SWEDEN STATELY STOCKHOLM This stately city, though an ancient town dating back to medieval times is famous for its, modern approach as seen by its fine roadways and ultra modern apartment houses. A direct contrast is a visit to Skansen, unusual open air museum representing Swedish life since the middle ages. Old buildings and farmsteads have been re-erected; old customs, traditions and dress revived in a fascinating report on Swedish life as it was in the past. 2 Reefs Safe $50.00 NORWAY LAND OF THE VIKINGS Here is the northern country of Norway, its famous fjords with their contrasting shores of fertile fields and rocky crags, its mountains towering over their valleys in mighty majesty. Its industries. Photo: Norwegian National Travel Office especially timber and silver mining are interestingly shown. The superstition of the Norwegian Gnomes is cleverly portrayed in an animated sequence. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 DENMARK DANISH VISTA Here are the islands which form most of the country of Denmark: The picturesque country towns of Zeeland; the "great white chalk cliffs of Moen"; the beach and oak forests of Fuen as well as its historic castles, and the wind-swept little island of Fano. Here is the country of the vikings, the country also of Hans Christian Anderson, in a charming picturization. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Sale $50.00 42 CHARMING COPENHAGEN An animated map of its geographical position and the legend of Holgar Danske, Denmark's national hero, is our introduction to Copenhagen, capital and principal city of Denmark. The color of the city Is clearly etched in this picturization of the industries, beauty spots, customs and recreations of a teeming metropolis which so charmingly combines the past and present, the old and new. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00 JUTLAND Though Denmark is in the main a series of islands, there is one piece of mainland — Jutland. This tour encompasses the major cities of the area as well as the rural districts, picturing the major industries of fishing and trout raising, dairy farming and the working of peat. The scenic highlights, picturesque dress and customs of the people complete our picture of Jutland. 2 Reefs Rental $3.00 Safe $50.00