Item 017 - Mifsud Bonnici family 1950s-1960s

1 cinefilm (Regular 8mm) (split in 2 parts)

1955-1960s; unedited film material. The film recording consists of the wedding ceremony of Maurice Mifsud Bonnici and Loulou Pizzuto, followed by the wedding reception and their honeymoon in Gozo. A significant part of the recording was shot in England while the Mifsud Bonnici family were visiting Maurice's sister and her family. Maurice and Loulou's young son, Mark, is shown as a toddler at the beach, being taken care of by his grandparents and playing with childhood friends in the countryside.

00.00-05.28: Wedding ceremony and reception of Maurice Mifsud Bonnici and Loulou Pizzuto, July 1955;
05.28-09.23: Maurice and Loulou Mifsud Bonnici's honeymoon. Basil Rosser and his wife Doris nee Mifsud Bonnici (Maurice's elder sister) are seen accompanying the newly-weds in Gozo and Comino, 1955;
09.23-10.53: Maurice and Loulou Mifsud Bonnici's young son, Mark, with friends, 1957;
10.53-11.11: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici after a fishing session and showing off the day's catch 1950s;
11.11-12.33: Maurice, Loulou, Mark Mifsud Bonnici and Carmen Pizzuto at the Mifsud Bonnici residence at Sliema, 1957-1958;
12.33-16.04: The Mifsud Bonnici family in Scarbourough, UK, visiting Doris nee Mifsud Bonnici and her husband Basil Rosser and their children, 1958;
16.04-17.39: Mark Mifsud Bonnici with his parents Loulou and Maurice, two of his maternal aunts, Sr May and Carmen Pizzuto and his maternal grandfather Joseph 'Zuzu' Pizzuto, 1958;
17.39-19.08: The Mifsud Bonnici family at Xlendi and Marsalforn, Gozo, 1957-1958;
19.08-19.20: Mark Mifsud Bonnici on the Gozo ferry with his paternal grandparents, Guze Mifsud Bonnici and Elvira nee Samut, 1958;
19.20-19.38; Loulou, Mark Mifsud Bonnici with paternal grandparents Guze Mifsud Bonnici and Elvira nee Samut at Grand Hotel, Ghajnsielem, Gozo, 1958;
19.38-20.03: Mark Mifsud Bonnici playing with rocks, 1958;
20.03-20.10: Three generations of the Mifsud Bonnici family: Guze, his son Maurice and grandson Mark, 1958;
20.11-20.22: Loulou and Mark Mifsud Bonnici with Guze Mifsud Bonnici and Elvira nee Samut on a balcony at Grand Hotel, Ghajnsielem, Gozo, 1958;
20.22-20.38: Mark Mifsud Bonnici with friends, 1958;
20.38-21.10: The Mifsud Bonnici family with relatives and friends in the countryside, 1958;
21.10-21.36: Mark Mifsud Bonnici and his tricycle , 1958;
21.37-21.52: Loulou, Mark Mifsud Bonnici with paternal grandparents Guze Mifsud Bonnici and Elvira nee Samut, 1958;
21.53-22.11: Loulou and Mark Mifsud Bonnici with Walter Cuschieri, Dorothy nee Pizzuto (Loulou's elder sister) and their children, 1958;
22.12-22.24: The Mifsud Bonnici family with relatives and friends in the countryside, 1958;
22.24-22.46: The Mifsud Bonnici family at Cirkewwa with relatives and friends, 1958;
22.46-23.33: The Mifsud Bonnici family with relatives and friends on a boat trip around Santa Marija caves, Comino, 1958;
23.34-23.43: The Mifsud Bonnici family landing at Cirkewwa with relatives and friends, 1958;
23.44-24.05: Mark Mifsud Bonnici with friends, 1959-1960;
24.05-24.39: The Mifsud Bonnici family and friends at Xlendi and Marsalforn, Gozo, 1959-1960;
24.40-24.59: Loulou and Mark Mifsud Bonnici and friends by the sea, 1959-1960;
24.59-25.17: The Mifsud Bonnici family with friends in the countryside, 1959-1960.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): film reel Regular 8mm, acetate, colour, silent. Duration: 25:17 minutes. Condition: Good

Technical Identification (digital copy): Size and dimensions MP4: 1.05 GB (1,138,326,345 bytes); Frame: 1280 x 720; Frame rate: 23.98 frames/second; Total bitrate: 5995 kbps.

Original found at Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

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

Location: Malta; Gozo; United Kingdom. Author: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

The digital copy was created in 2019 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: 06/03/2020