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Dal Verbano alla Svizzera attraverso il Gottardo
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- From the Verbano to Switzerland through the Gotthard

The film, a greatly suggestive documentary on landscapes, owes some of its happiest moments to the phantom ride technique, which makes use of the momentum of shots taken with the camera mounted on mov...

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Dio segnò i confini d’Italia
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- God set down the borders of Italy

War documentary produced by the Sezione Cinematografica del Regio Esercito [Royal Italian Army Film Department]. The film was very probably subjected to cuts and re-editing over the years, as the non ...

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La nostra artiglieria in guerra
Documentary film
1911-1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- Our artillery during the war

Documentary dedicated to the artillery assigned to the Italian troops in Africa, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The video is a copy from the film print preserved in...

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La nostra marina da guerra
Documentary film
1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- Our War Navy

Luca Comerio is perhaps the greatest documentary filmmaker in Italian silent cinema. War films have an important place within his immense production, in particular the ones dedicated to the Italo-Turk...

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L’industria dell’argilla in Sicilia
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- The Clay Industry in Sicily

Clay pits were operative near Cefalù in the 1910s. This brief documentary shows us the different stages of the manufacturing process: from the hard job of extracting and transporting it to the artisa...

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Nella conca d’oro
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
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- In the Golden Hollow

The golden hollow is the site where the city of Palermo rises, with its most famed beauties are shown to us thanks to static takes, slow tracking and “split screen” shots inspired by picturesque p...

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Nella Svizzera Italiana
Documentary film
Museo Nazionale del Cinema
Other title(s):
- In Italian Switzerland

A documentary set in Italian-speaking Switzerland, whose beauties are revealed through “phantom rides” on the Brunate Cremagliera railway, through sunsets in backlight on Lake Como and footage of ...

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Submarines
Documentary film
1912
Museo Nazionale del Cinema

Documentary dedicated to the submarines assigned to the Italian Military Navy, shot by Luca Comerio in 1912, while the war in Libya was underway. The drills shown take place near the port of Taranto. ...

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