Motion Picture MP2014-27
Administrative Information
This silent home movie mostly presumably shot by E. Clifton Daniel shows Margaret Truman Daniel, E. Clifton Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel on their travels through Italy, August-September, 1969. Cities and sites include: Venezia (Venice): views of the city by motor boat, gondola, and on land; Firenze (Florence): Palazzo Vecchio, Villa San Michele, Duomo, Baptistery doors, statues at the Piazza della Signoria; Tuscany scenery; Roma (Rome): Castel Gandolfo, Vatican City, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Piazza San Pietro, Palatine Hill, Arch of Constantine, Villa Adriana (Hadrian's Villa), Villa d’Este; Catacombe Basilica, The Coliseum, Fontana Delle Naiadi in the Piazza della Repubblica;
Pompeii; Positano; Amalfi Coast: water skiing; Capri: La Piazzetta, Parco Augusto, Piccola Marina, Ristorante Weber Da Pietro & Gloria, Monte Solaro Chairlift.
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Shot List
00:00 Sign at airport: “Venezia”
00:03 William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel disembarking plane.
00:06 Sign: “Connections Waterbus Service Cooperative S. Marco Motorcar”
00:08 Views of Venice, Italy, from water
00:54 Close-up of Margaret Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel viewing Venice from motor boat.
02:24 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel disembarking boat; views of Venice
02:57 Street view in Venice
03:02 William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel view coastline.
03:15 Scenic views of Venice
05:41 Sign: “Villa S. Michele Albergo Ristorante”
05:44 View of William Wallace Daniel in front of car, and views of villa and restaurant.
06:04 Scenic views of San Marco Cathedral and surrounding area
06:51 Margaret Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel sightseeing.
07:04 Scenic views (from high vantage point) of road and surrounding areas of Villa S. Michele
07:20 Scenic views of Venice
07:27 Scenic views from automobile
07:29 Road sign: “Orvieto”
07:31 Scenic views
07:55 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel, in shorts, are seen walking on unidentified lawn.
07:58 Unidentified people in summer clothes and swim wear near pool chairs
08:02 Exterior view of pool near villa.
08:04 Close-up of Margaret Truman Daniel at table
08:11 William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel in swimming pool
08:19 Directional sign: “Castel Gandolfo Centro Albano Roma”
08:22 Sign: “Castel Gandolfo”
08:24 Views of Castel Gandolfo from car.
08:28 View of Swiss Guards
08:33 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Daniel., Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel in Vatican Square, after audience with Pope Paul VI
08:41 Scenic views of Rome
09:44 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel sightseeing.
09:48 Ancient ruins near Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, Italy.
10:10 Sign: “Villa Adriana” [Hadrian’s Villa]
10:12 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel touring Hadrian’s Villa.
11:00 Sign: “Villa d’Este (Sec. XVI)”
11:05 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel near fountains at Villa d’Este, in Tivoli, Italy.
12:14 Signs: “Catacombe Basilica” and “Memoria Apostolica di S. Pietro e S. Paolo”
12:20 Scenic views of Rome—The Coliseum, The Memorial to St. Peter & St. Paul, the Trevi Fountain
12:46 Pompeii
13:44 Sign: “Positano”
13:46 View of boats on the Mediterranean.
13:58 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel pose on balcony overlooking Mediterranean
14:04 Margaret Truman Daniel, Willam Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel are seen touring Positano.
14:10 View of ships on the Mediterranean.
14:20 View of buildings on cliffside of Positano.
14:34 William Wallace Daniel in swimming trunks on beach chair.
14:38 View of beach at Positano
14:42 Margaret Truman Daniel and unidentified man and two unidentified women in Positano.
14:53 Clifton Truman Daniel, Margaret Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel with unidentified persons from 14:42 on boats in Mediterranean.
14:58 William Wallace Daniel swimming and water-skiing in Mediterranean.
15:32 Margaret Truman Daniel and unidentified woman in swimsuits on beach.
15:36 Clifton Daniel swimming in Mediterranean.
15:41 Margaret Truman Daniel and unidentified persons from 14:42 on beach.
16:00 Clifton Truman Daniel water-skiing in Mediterranean.
16:18 William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel on boat – couple from 14:42 wave from balcony
16:26 Handwritten sign: “Capri e Ischia 8:30 a.m.”
16:28 Ship in Mediterranean
16:29 View of ship “Espresso Capri i Ischia”
16:33 Scenic views of Capri from ship on which the Daniel family is sightseeing.
16:40 Ship in distance
16:42 Close up of Margaret Truman Daniel
16:45 Scenic views of Capri from ship
16:55 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel on row boat which took them back to beach.
17:00 Scenic views of Capri.
17:19 View of clock tower, 12:22 p.m.
17:21 View of outdoor shops and café, nuns, basilica
17:36 Views of Margaret Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Clifton Truman Daniel shopping.
17:39 Sign: “Parco Augusto / Piccola Marina”
17:41 Scenic views
17:50 Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel seated on stone bench.
17:53 Close-up of Margaret Truman Daniel viewing Mediterranean.
17:56 Sign: “Ristorante Weber a Pietro & Gloria”
17:58 Scenic views.
18:02 Close up of couple from 14:42.
18:05 Margaret Truman Daniel and woman from 14:42
18:07 Scenic views from automobile.
18:16 Clifton Truman Daniel, William Wallace Daniel and Margaret Truman Daniel on ski lifts.
18:36 Scenic views from ski lifts.
18:47 Margaret Truman Daniel, Clifton Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel on balcony overlooking Mediterranean.
18:52 Scenic views.
19:05 Margaret Truman Daniel and William Wallace Daniel overlooking area.
19:27 View of PanAm Jet
19:30 END