https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b6d932f4-7162-422f-a90a-90213a2d9cda This silent 16mm home movie was shot by an American tourist during a trip to Italy in the late 1920s or early 1930s. (If you recognize any areas shown in the film please add them in the comments.) The film begins with various shots in Monaco including the waterfront where trolley cars are seen. At :24 what might be a casino is shown. An elegant man in a top hat (;33) walks by and salutes. At :43 men stroll by a hotel veranda where drinks are being served and toasts made (:50). At 1:06 the Galerie Charles III and Bagatelle Monte Carlo Restaurant, as well as a bank, are shown. At 1:26 the railroad station is seen. At 1:54 the film shows what is most likely Italy. At 4:07 a sign indicates we're on the old Appian Way. At 4:20 the Apostolic Monument and catacombs, possibly in Rome. At 4:30, an incredible sight, as a group of soldiers or policemen with rifles on their backs ride bicycles past the cameraman. This may be Italian Bersaglieri, who at one time formed a bicycle infantry. At 4:50 Roman ruins, probably the forum, are shown. At 5:30 a visit to the island of Capri is apparently shown. At 6:00 a ship is shown with passengers boarding small boats to get to shore. At 7:28 a small band poses for the camera. At 8:00 a village on the Italian coast is seen. At 8:16 Mt. Vesuvius towers over the landscape. At 8:50 remnants of a Roman aqueduct are shown. At 9:00 ladies parade past the camera on the beach. At 9:12 a rowboat is seen at the beach. At 10:27 a woman uses what looks like an exercycle or possibly a bicycle powered boat at the beach. At 11:43 Venice is shown including the Bridge of Sighs at 11:53, St. Marks Square, and more. At about 12:00 the film shows what appears to be a trip on a river flanked by towns. It's unclear where this is but it might be the Rhine River valley. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQqCrCYC6Vg Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:21:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/b6d932f4-7162-422f-a90a-90213a2d9cda All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.