Item 34 - London and Rome Holiday

1 cinefilm (Regular 8mm)

1960’s; unedited film material. The film recordings portray a family holiday in England and Rome.

00:00-00:10 – Replica of ‘Rocket’ train designed by Robert Stephenson, outside of the Museum of British Transport in Clapham, South London;
00:11-00:13 – Entrance of Museum of British Transport;
00:14-00:20 – Mark Mifsud Bonnici standing next to replica of ‘Rocket’;
00:21-00:32 – Mark looking at a train;
00:33-00:46 – Mark next to a bus belonging to the London General Omnibus Company;
00:47-00:54 – Mark in front of a fish exhibition;
00:55-01:05 – Mark looking at a shark hanging from the ceiling;
01:06-01:11 – Family walking alongside the River Thames with the Eastern Teddington Locke Footbridge in the background;
01:12-01:15 – Family running;
01:16-01:31 – Mark running up to Teddington sign;
01:32-01:53 – Family feeding swans on the River Thames close to the Western Teddington Locke Footbridge;
01:54-02:09 – Family outside of Weir Maternity Hospital in Balham, London;
02:10-02:21 – Family looking at the view over a wall;
02:22-02:37 – Two unidentified people helping Loulou walk downhill. Mark looking through observation binoculars;
02:28-02:47 – Family talking amongst themselves with Queen’s Guard in the background;
02:48-02:58 – Maurice filming Mark posing next to Queen’s Guard;
02:59-03:07 – Loulou and Mark walking down a street in Rome;
03:08-03:18 – Loulou and Mark walking alongside Palazzo Venezia;
03:19-03:33 – Loulou and Mark walking towards Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Altare della Patria);
03:34-03:48 – On the steps of the Altare della Patria.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): film reel Regular 8mm, acetate, colour, silent. Duration: 03:48 minutes. Condition: Good

Technical Identification (digital copy): Size and dimensions MP4: 279 MB (293,576,148 bytes); Frame: 1400 x 950; Frame rate: 23.98 frames/second; Total bitrate: 10296 kbps.

Original found at Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

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

Location: UK and Italy; Site: Clapham (London), Teddington, Balham (London) and Piazza Venezia (Rome); 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