Another in the James A. FitzPatrick Traveltalk series photographed in color with views of Italy's Eternal City, Rome.
It starts along the Tiber river, gives a short tour of Roman ruins like the Coloseum, St. Peter's, the Roman countryside in Tuscany, the picturesque village of Assissi (home of St. Francis of Assissi who was born there in 1182), a public fountain that serves as a common meeting ground, some colorful shops, the leaning Tower of Pisa and finally, the Cathedral of Florence with its intricately paneled bronze door.
These were the kind of travel shorts that FitzPatrick produced and narrated in the '30s and '40s and seen in many a school auditorium as a learning experience.
Summing up: Of passable interest, nothing more.
It starts along the Tiber river, gives a short tour of Roman ruins like the Coloseum, St. Peter's, the Roman countryside in Tuscany, the picturesque village of Assissi (home of St. Francis of Assissi who was born there in 1182), a public fountain that serves as a common meeting ground, some colorful shops, the leaning Tower of Pisa and finally, the Cathedral of Florence with its intricately paneled bronze door.
These were the kind of travel shorts that FitzPatrick produced and narrated in the '30s and '40s and seen in many a school auditorium as a learning experience.
Summing up: Of passable interest, nothing more.