Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, HM 12, HM 13-20 (hm-ross_0021)

Collection:

Georgia Home and Amateur Movies

Title:

Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, HM 12, HM 13-20 (hm-ross_0021)

Creator:

Rossiter, Joseph
Rossiter, Marion

Date of Original:

1961/1980

Subject:

Amateur films--Georgia--Savannah
Europe--Description and travel
Family vacations--Europe
Italy--Description and travel
Family vacations--Italy
London (England)--Description and travel
Family vacations--England--London
Pompeii (Extinct city)--Description and travel
Family vacations--Pompeii (Extinct city)
Paris (France)--Description and travel
Family vacations--France--Paris
Cities and towns
Mountains
Castles
Buildings--Europe
Europe--Buildings, structures, etc.
Street vendors
Cathedrals
Pedestrians
Signs and signboards
Fruit trade
Voting
Statues
Fountains
Automobiles
Dwellings
Buildings--Italy
Italy--Buildings, structures, etc.
Gardens
Marinas
Beaches
Storefronts
Restaurants
Parks
Buses
Bodies of water
Tower of London (London, England)
Tower Bridge (London, England)
Soldiers
Buildings--England--London
London (England)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy
Donkeys
Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)
Waterfalls--New York (State)
Waterfalls--Ontario
Rainbows
Ships
Mansions
Monuments
Plazas
Railroad stations
Service stations
Horses
Carriages and carts
Crowds
Women
Travel agents
Boats and boating
Men
Mules
Dance
Children
Lost architecture

Location:

Canada, Ontario, Niagara Falls, 43.08342, -79.06627
Europe, 48.69096, 9.14062
France, Île-de-France, Paris, 48.85341, 2.3488
Italy, 42.833333, 12.833333
United Kingdom, 54.75844, -2.69531
United Kingdom, England, London, 51.50853, -0.12574
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
United States, New York, Niagara County, Niagara Falls, 43.0945, -79.05671

Medium:

moving images

Type:

Moving Image

Format:

video/mp4

Description:

Test pattern. Segment one: European vacation, with scenes including Italy, 0:02. The camera passes mountains and old buildings. There is a town on the top of the hill by the road. In the distance, there is a castle on the top of a hill. There are many mountains. There is a bridge on the hilltop. Many buildings and sights are shown quickly, such as a building with a statue of horses and a bird on top. There are a lot of old buildings. Light streams out from behind some arches. Cars drive by on a busy street. In a covered area, vendors sell fruits and objects. They walk through and look at everything. Outside, there are more people selling things. Back in traffic. A building like a cathedral has a lot of stairs in it. People are walking in front of it. From the stairs, they film the street. There are a lot of signs and banners in Italian. Black slug. Segment two: Italian snack bar and pedestrians, 4:19. Sign: "SNACK BAR." People walk along a crowded sidewalk. A building is shown from the end of an alleyway. People explore and walk up a set of stairs in front of a large building. Sign: "VOTA TO SOCIALE." Sign: "MANGO GLOVES." A woman and child walk away from a fruit stand. There are more banners about the vote. Black slug. Segment three: Italian scenery by the hills and ocean, 5:50. The camera starts at the bottom of a long column with a statue on the top. A statue of a horse sits on a pedestal with smaller statues of people below it. The statue and fountain are shown from across the street through traffic. The camera drives by a hillside. The bus drives through winding and narrow streets. There are shops with trinkets on the side of the road. The buildings are all three stories with stores on the bottom. The camera films the sights. Banner: "PER RIFARE L'ITALIA VOTA." The road is packed with cars. There are many signs in Italian. There are elaborate fountains in the middle of the street. The city builds up the hill. There are houses and buildings everywhere. People are standing on a balcony area with many colorful chairs set up. A woman sits at a confectionery shop. The camera looks down at a bay from up high. There are buildings on the hillside by the water. There are large rocky cliffs up above. The camera shows someone filming. The bus drives beside the ocean and shows many cliffs and buildings beside it. A man walks around a train station. They drive by homes. There is a garden with many terraces and image of ships created with the plants. They drive quickly by shops and restaurants on the ocean. Many people are enjoying the beach. There is a large mountain that ends in the ocean on the side. A number of different European flags wave along the beach. They are up at a higher elevation, then inside a city. Views of the marina in the bay are shown. Buildings stand in the mountainside. There are many restaurants and tall buildings. There is a park in the middle of the city. A huge marina is surrounded by hills with tall building after tall building. A man stands guard outside a building. Architectural features of buildings are shown, such as statues and arches. There is a garden surrounded by parked cars. To one side is a club. A statue of a man stands on a pedestal in the middle of a fountain. They drive around the marina more. The camera films the inside of the bus. A tall building with progressive floors. Black slug. Segment four: Bodies of water, gardens and trees, 15:13. The bus drives right next to the water. There are benches lining the waterside. In a garden area, there is a fountain surrounded by trees and walkways. Some of the trees are palm trees. A tower can be seen in the distance. Black slug. Segment five: European scenes of mountains, bodies of water, and scenes from London, 16:27. They are traveling through a mountainous area. People are walking down the road taking pictures of the houses. Extremely tall mountains stand in the distance. The bus drives by old buildings and parks with tall statues. There is a park with red and pink and yellow flowers. People walk through the park on the lined paths. The camera mostly films the flowers. Back on the bus, they drive by the water again, which is lined by buildings on the far side. On the near side there is a marina. There is a clock made out of flowers in a garden. A castle sits over the water. Below the road are trees and rivers, sometimes even houses. There is a snowcapped mountain far away. Many of the mountains in the range are snow-capped. The houses on the hills are simple and small houses. The bus is close to the snow on the tops of the mountains. Someone painted on a building: "WHO KILLED SANTA CLAUS." The bus drives past a tall domed building with a cross on the steeple. A double decker bus passes them going the other direction. There are a lot of cars and people out and about. Tower Bridge can be seen in the distance. They pass many tall buildings. After driving by the Tower of London, the tour bus stops there. They get closer to Tower Bridge. A soldier marches back and forth. A building stands behind a fence. One the other side of the river, there is a curved building with many columns. Many boats are out on the water. People line the streets where there are soldiers. A group of horses with soldiers on them walk toward the Victoria Memorial by Buckingham Palace. A group of soldiers march out of the palace gates as crowds watch on either side. They drive past more buildings in London. The land can be seen from above like in an airplane. There is mostly green below, without any obvious features. Some areas have roads running through towns. There are thick clouds in the air with the plane. Black slug. Segment six: Scenes from Pompeii, 25:08. A woman stands overlooking a field and mountain on the horizon. Other people look as well. They drive past houses, but the mountain stays in the frame. They walk through a large area of ruins, possibly Pompeii. In a different area, flowers cover a cliff up to a religious building. A girl sits on a bench next to family. She turns around and smiles at the camera, then laughs. She waves. A man rides down a street on a donkey. A woman walks the other way with an umbrella to protect her from the sun. A store has items for sale outside, including small rugs. The bus passes another man on a donkey. The bus drives up a mountain road that climbs higher and higher. There are people on the streets when they pass towns. There are also people working in the fields. People walk out on a balcony with some tables on it. A town of white buildings sits on a mountain by the sea. Women sit on a boat together. People walk over a cobbled street. The shutters of a building are painted sky blue. One of the older women walks toward an awning that says "GREEK POPULAR ART." Black slug. Segment seven: Ships, canals, and Niagara Falls, 29:00. There is a large military ship in a harbor. There is a working canal beside it. In a square, there is a statue of a man on a horse next to a domed building. People walk along a walkway next to a grassy hill surrounded by old buildings. There are cannons in front of the hill. A large waterfall cascades down in a forest. A man walks up to a glass door. A man walks by eating an ice cream cone. The camera films water flowing over Niagara Falls. Mist rises high into the air at the bottom of the fall. There is a rainbow in the mist. Cars are parked on the side of the road by a park. The view of Niagara Falls is obscured partially by the mist. Black slug. Segment eight: European scenes, including Italy and Paris, 32:06. Across a bay, there are mountains that run down into the water. The vehicle drives down to the water. The camera pans along the water, showing the shore on the far side. There is a small beach where people are relaxing and swimming. The bus drives past small roads with businesses. Tour buses are parked below a grassy hill with a large mansion on top of it. The gate to the mansion is closed. There is a tall tower monument across the street. One of the family members walks toward the camera. The camera shows the mansion up on the hill from across the street. Tall buildings can be seen through trees. A woman walks down a sidewalk toward the camera as cars pass by on the street. Cars are parked at what looks to be a tourist attraction. They drive past many old buildings with arches. A monument stands in the middle of a park. They drive through a plaza with an elaborate fountain that shoots water out of statues. The buildings around them curve into a circle. There are Italian words on some of the buildings. They pass columns. People walk down the sidewalk. Cars fill the streets. They pass a restaurant with a banner: "CAFE' DE PARIS." Black slug. Segment nine: European plazas, statues, and streets, 35:34. People stand in a crowd together. A woman looks at the camera. There is a statue in the center of the room of a nude man. Outside in a plaza, there are large statues of nude men. Pigeons cover the walkway. There are smaller statues that are too dark to see around the plaza. People walk around and take pictures. Cars drive through the streets next to the bus. The streets are crowded. The buildings surrounding them are all many stories tall. Some people stand by a railing overlooking the ocean. The water goes out to the horizon. Cars drive past the water. A large circular plaza. A tall train station. They drive past more sights of the city, especially cars, people, and buildings. Sign: "MOBIL." Sign: "SHELL." The bus is stuck in traffic. A man drives down the street with a horse and cart. They pass the water again. Black slug. Segment ten: Scenes including Pompeii and the mountains, 39:02. People walk among ruins, likely Pompeii. They drive past more tall mountains. White houses fill the hills beside cliffs that drop off into the ocean. This can be seen from the bus window. Stopped in the city, banners in Italian hang between two buildings with lights below them forming a tunnel. People stand around a plaza. It is dark, but the bus is driving through the city. People dine at a restaurant. Houses and buildings sit high above them on cliffs. People line up to get on a boat or bus. A man and woman sit in the front seat of a red convertible driving through the town. There are trees all the way up the cliff. They drive up high to see all of the houses and town from above. There is a house that goes directly to the water. There are restaurants on the water. There are large rocks in the water. The camera films a couple of women up close. Two women talk to each other in a marina. People walk around. Black slug. Segment eleven: European travel office, 42:30.Two women walk by a travel office. There are cars parked and boats on the land. There are large boats on the water with small personal boats. Black slug. Segment twelve: European city scenes, mountains, and ocean, 43:21. In the distance, there is a tall mountain across the water. Driving in the bus, the camera films the city they are in and a bridge. There are right above the ocean. There is a tall mountain on the far side of the bay. In the hills by the side of the road, there is a lot of green land and some houses. The houses are partially in the valley and partially on the hillside. They drive by some houses up close and they have cones on the top. A large group is together on the top deck of a boat overlooking the ocean. Some of the women of the family sit on a dock by the boat. Black slug. Segment thirteen: European scenes from a marina, and dancing, 45:58. Men sit watching boats in a marina. There are white houses on the hillside coming down to the water. People walk along the sidewalk next to the water. A man in a robe walks by. People are working on the boats. The houses go up the entire hillside. Some of the boats are extremely large, while others are small. A few people ride by on mules. The camera films a few people bobbing on a boat as they head out into the water. They approach a larger boat. Two women practice dancing. The captain of the boat dances with a woman. Black slug. Segment fourteen: European scenes including cliffs, mules, and a city, 49:28. Women look at a city that is mostly on top of a cliff. Men help people onto mules. A woman takes a ride up the street on a mule. A few more follow her. People sit and stand in a plaza area by the water. Two children play together on a toy mule. There is a city and mountains across the water. A military ship sits in the water off the coast. The city is shown again. There is a tower in the city. A wall is out in the water to protect the city. People walk through the town on the cliff. They approach the bus. There are ruins in the hillside. Two women are talking on a mule. They drive by more hillside and mountainside. Black slug.

Local Identifier:

hm-ross_0021.mp4

External Identifiers:

Metadata URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_bmahm_hm-ross-0021

Digital Object URL:

https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:ugabma_bmahm_hm-ross-0021

Language:

eng

Extent:

1 video file (mp4) (53 min., 56 sec.) : si., col.

Original Collection:

Joseph and Marion Rossiter home movie collection, circa 1961-1980

Holding Institution:

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Rights: