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Title: JOURNEY TO ROME 1967

Reference number: 10471

Date: 1967

Director: filmed by Averil and Willie Murdoch

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 23.06 mins

Description: Amateur footage of a coach trip from Glasgow to Rome, travelling through France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany and Austria on the way.

Shotlist: JOURNEY TO ROME 1967 - Shots of a woman talking to another woman standing in the doorway of a Cotter’s tour bus. Shots of men sorting out the boot. A voice over of a woman explains that the bus will be departing Glasgow to Bedford, then to London and Dover and then continue the journey via a car ferry. Shots of the exterior of the Cotter Continental Tours shop front on Buchanan Street. Shots from on board the ferry - ABBEVILLE - (France) - The woman goes on to talk about how Abbeville was damaged in the war and has now been re-built - shots from a restaurant and people getting on the bus. BASLE - Shots as the woman explains about the Swiss town of Basle and the Rhine. The woman talks about the historic buildings of the town. Shots of the market square and shots of the tram. Shots of theatre posters. The women then talks about the next part of the journey with views from the moving bus. GVs of landscape. The woman talks about the bad weather just before Lake Walensee. - LAKE WALENSEE - Shots of the lake. IN THE ARLBERG - STUBEN 31ST MAY - Shots of snowy landscape and the Cotter’s bus in the snow with the location plate for Italy. EUROPA BRIDGE INNSBRUCK - Shots and information about the bridge - BRENNER - Shots of Brenner as the narrator gives information about Hitler and Mussolini’s meeting. - IN SOUTH TYROL - VIPETENO - gvs town - BOLZANO - gvs town - VERONA - gvs city - On the Autostrada del Sole - shots as they continue on the Autostrada del Sole with extensive shots of the roads and bridges. On the outskirts of Florence by the River Arno - shots of the streets before more shots from the moving bus are taken. Evening arrival in Rome. Various shots of the streets of Rome. Morning in Rome - St. Peter's Square - gvs city streets - Trevi Fountain. Shots of various sculptures located around the city. "On a sightseeing tour" - shots of the Cotter’s Tour bus in St. Peter’s Square. Extensive shots of notable Roman architecture. Shots of ancient sites and the Colosseum. Sunday in Rome - Sunday Afternoon on the Pincio - Various shots of the tour group looking around various sites. Shots of the Great Wall of Rome and shots of crowd gathered in a park.
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