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Title: FIRENZE AND SIENA

Reference number: 3979

Date: 1947 *

Director: filmed by Enrico Cocozza

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.09 mins

Description: A short picturesque trip through the Italian cities of Florence and Siena, highlighting the historic beauty of each.

See Paper Archives at 3/7.

Credits: Grateful acknowledgement to Dr. Carlo Mathieu and to Dr. Maria Gloria Giuggioli Busacca for their active help in the production of this film.

p.c. Supramont Pictures

Shotlist: Opening credits (0.31) gvs over the Florence cityscape, shots by the river Arno, brief street scene, shots of various artworks about town - Renaissance and Mannerist sculpture and architecture, including Brunelleschi's Cathedral of Florence and Michelangelo's statue of David (5.12) gvs of river and Ponte Vecchio, various shots of Baptisery (7.08) gvs over Siena, gvs narrow closes (8.15) shots of town hall, gvs at Campo (9.22) various shots of the fountains (Fonta Gaia) at the Campo, including c/us of the reliefs, followed by an aerial view of Campo taken from town hall tower (10.10) panning shot over Siena cityscape including Duomo Cathedral, statue of Romulus and Remus c/u details of cathedral (10.18) views off the main street (10.43) Florence again- various shots of the lighted Baptistery by night, int and ext (13.00) The End (13.09)