Item 37c - Group Outings in Malta's Countryside

1 cinefilm (Regular 8mm)

1962; unedited film material. The film recording portrays family and group outings and a Car Rally.

00:00-00:07 – Will Balie and Anna walking next to their car at Mistra Bay;
00:08-00:14 – Molly Zammit Tabon, Loulou and Mark Mifsud Bonnici looking at flowers;
00:15-00:30 – Will Balie, Anna and Molly Zammit Tabone walking while Loulou plays with Mark;
00:31-00:51 – Throwing stones into the water at Mistra Bay;
00:52-00:59 – Mark and another boy holding a toy while their family is seated in the background;
01:00-01:12 – Mark and another boy playing with flowers;
01:13-01:29 – Loulou and Mark walking over rocks and picking plants at Wardija;
01:30-01:35 – Maurice lifting up Mark
01:36-01:47 – Group next to a car in l-Ahrax, Mellieha. Man fetching a hunting gun out of the car;
01:48-02:03 – Group letting dogs out of a car at a Car Rally in Delimara;
02:04-02:10 – Group next to a car at a Car Rally in Delimara;
02:11-02:24 – Cars driving off;
02:25-02:43 – Group slowly walking down to Anchor Bay;
02:44-02:51 – Loulou and Maurice holding a baby while walking down to Anchor Bay.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): film reel Regular 8mm, acetate, colour, silent. Duration: 02:51 minutes. Condition: Good

Technical Identification (digital copy): Size and dimensions MP4: 211 MB (222,016,932 bytes); Frame: 1400 x 950; Frame rate: 23.98 frames/second; Total bitrate: 10321 kbps.

Original found at Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

Internal relationship: Related to Maurice Mifsud Bonnici interview and photographic materials

Location: Malta; Site: Mistra Bay, il-Wardija, l-Ahrax, Delimara and Anchor Bay; Author: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

The digital copy was created in 2020 by Magna Zmien

General keywords: Internees, Shelters, Black market, Refugees, Victory Kitchens, Hunger, Air raids, Fascism, Umberto Primo school, Fascist songs, Fear, Sanitation, Prisoners of war (POWs), Diseases, George Cross

Date of cataloguing: 24/09/2020