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Post-WWII - 1950, Italy
Countryside scenes in Northern Italy Emilia region. VO “richest province in Italy” & most Communist. Blossoming fruit trees in orchard. Tower of Abbey of Pomposa ? seen through cloisters. Reflection of castle seen in moat at Ferrara. Courtyard of old university building in Bologna. Various churches. Ruins of town of Pianoro destroyed by WW2 bombing - scenes around new town funded by ECA. Farmer hoeing soil as express train passes - CU checks pocket watch.
10:14:40 Bologna scenes - Renaissance architecture - Statue of Neptune - INT ornate Chamber of Commerce - President of Chamber Professor Merlini talks in Italian about region’s recovery since the war - cut to shots of farming, land reclamation in Po delta, railroad, highway traffic - construction sites - cut back to President finishing speech.
10:16:52 Locomotive engine fueled & prepared at Bologna station - INT passengers traveling in comfortable train compartment - eating meal w/ wine. Maintenance gang on track. Passenger train across bridge. Trucks, scooters & mopeds past - tracking shots countryside. CU signpost Bologna & Modena.
10:19:13 Huge numbers of bicycles & scooters parked at Modena - Italians along street to large market - cattle in pens - lively bartering & handshake - some natural sound not sync - CUs more negotiating & livestock shots - Fordson & Ferrari tractors seen - man counting money. Modena Cathedral.
10:21:59 INT factory - workers making ? w/ American machines - Italian foreman trained in Detroit speaks to camera re how machines funded by ECA have speeded up manufacturing, trans. by narrator; CUs machine tools at work. INT tractor factory - rows of finished vehicles.
10:24:45 Fishing village on sea coast of Emilia region south of Po River estuary - boats w/ white sails - CUs fresh fish, eels, shrimp etc. Marshy area - fisherman push boats through mudflats. Sign ‘Comacchio’ - fishing village on marshes - CUs villagers. Land reclamation in process - drainage channels being built - water pipes fitted etc. Women preparing soil in reclaimed field. Water control station; CU sign ‘Quest’Opera E Finanziata Con Il Fondo Lire E.R.P.’ Sluice opened - drainage channel fills up - bulldozers at work. New housing settlement for workers - Regional Director at window of office, turns to talk to camera - pan to workers & trucks passing by.
10:31:21 Row of women tilling soil. Planting of first vines. Fields full of first crops.
Post-WW2 Italy. Economic Aid. Recovery. Farming / Agriculture. Geography. Marshall Plan. 1940s; 1950; Cold War;
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Post-WWII - 1950, Italy Countryside scenes in Northern Italy Emilia region. VO “richest province in Italy” & most Communist. Blossoming fruit trees in orchard. Tower of Abbey of Pomposa ? seen through cloisters. Reflection of castle seen in moat at Ferrara. Courtyard of old university building in Bologna. Various churches. Ruins of town of Pianoro destroyed by WW2 bombing - scenes around new town funded by ECA. Farmer hoeing soil as express train passes - CU checks pocket watch. 10:14:40 Bologna scenes - Renaissance architecture - Statue of Neptune - INT ornate Chamber of Commerce - President of Chamber Professor Merlini talks in Italian about region’s recovery since the war - cut to shots of farming, land reclamation in Po delta, railroad, highway traffic - construction sites - cut back to President finishing speech. 10:16:52 Locomotive engine fueled & prepared at Bologna station - INT passengers traveling in comfortable train compartment - eating meal w/ wine. Maintenance gang on track. Passenger train across bridge. Trucks, scooters & mopeds past - tracking shots countryside. CU signpost Bologna & Modena. 10:19:13 Huge numbers of bicycles & scooters parked at Modena - Italians along street to large market - cattle in pens - lively bartering & handshake - some natural sound not sync - CUs more negotiating & livestock shots - Fordson & Ferrari tractors seen - man counting money. Modena Cathedral. 10:21:59 INT factory - workers making ? w/ American machines - Italian foreman trained in Detroit speaks to camera re how machines funded by ECA have speeded up manufacturing, trans. by narrator; CUs machine tools at work. INT tractor factory - rows of finished vehicles. 10:24:45 Fishing village on sea coast of Emilia region south of Po River estuary - boats w/ white sails - CUs fresh fish, eels, shrimp etc. Marshy area - fisherman push boats through mudflats. Sign ‘Comacchio’ - fishing village on marshes - CUs villagers. Land reclamation in process - drainage channels being built - water pipes fitted etc. Women preparing soil in reclaimed field. Water control station; CU sign ‘Quest’Opera E Finanziata Con Il Fondo Lire E.R.P.’ Sluice opened - drainage channel fills up - bulldozers at work. New housing settlement for workers - Regional Director at window of office, turns to talk to camera - pan to workers & trucks passing by. 10:31:21 Row of women tilling soil. Planting of first vines. Fields full of first crops. Post-WW2 Italy. Economic Aid. Recovery. Farming / Agriculture. Geography. Marshall Plan. 1940s; 1950; Cold War; NOTE: Any 11 continuous minutes sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk