Giovanni Vitrotti

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short mountaineering films for the Società Anonima Ambrosio. They were the first in Italy to realize documentaries in the high mountains. In this first film, a party of three mountaineers, including Arrigo Frusta make a mountaineering traverse in the Mont Blanc Massif. The purpose of the film is not to show a concret ascent, but to show the beauty and spectacularity of the high mountain landscapes and the the fascination of those who venture to conquer the high peaks. The other two films of the series are: 'Da Courmayeur al Colle del Gigante' and 'Sulle dentate scintillanti'.

Flower petals in the background create different shapes while actress Mary Cleo Tarlarini salutes the audience.

Early special effects film in which a woman throws a basket of flowers in the air, upon which the flowers create different shapes and figures and eventually spell out the words "Buona Sera".

While making fun of the frailty of an old lady in the street, a little devil is immediately taken home by the offended policeman who catches him carrying out his nasty prank. Arriving at the child’s home, the keeper of order vehemently lists the facts. However the scallywag doesn’t bow to authority and stands up to the policeman, even mocking his mother who he leaves in despair. But soap bubbles with a strange divinatory power help him to make amends. A film from the catalogues of the company founded by Arturo Ambrosio in Turin in 1904.

Short video showing the funeral of Don Michele Rua (1837-1910), the first Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco. Don Rua's funeral procession makes its way through the most important places of Salesians: the Basilica di Maria Ausiliatrice (Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians), the so-called Casa Madre of the Salesians and Valsalice, at the tomb of Don Bosco.

During the carnival in Pont Canavese a polenta is prepared in the square and the whole town finds itself rejoicing around the stage and the big pot. The brentatori fill the saucepan with water, the cooks begin the preparation. The passing of the band on a cart cheers the villagers. The steaming polenta is ready: it is overturned on a table and a pennant is planted in the middle: “Ricordo dei Rivarolesi ai Pontesi 1909”. The crowd eagerly awaits the distribution of the rations and begins the binge.

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Unable to find an honest job, Perl, a young girl, is forced by a group of criminals to commit small-time thefts. She finally decides to redeem herself by denouncing the criminals. Made in 1921, it is the oldest fiction film shot in Trieste that can be seen.

A woman says good evening through moving flowers in stop motion animation.

It was traditional for picture house screenings to begin with a short welcoming sketch, this one featured Lydia De Robertis writing Good Evening on a chalk board.

This one-reel documentary is pretty much what it says in the title. Cavalrymen ride their horses, first over low hedges, then over increasingly rough terrain, until by the end they are sliding down hills to cross a stream and going into caves. The horses don't seem terribly anixous to do these things. Occasionally a rider falls off and the horse walks away, as if to say "See! I told you this wasn't a good idea."

Due to a clause in the late Count's will, his nephew Filippo is only allowed to inherit if he marries within two hours. The only person willing to marry him is "a fat beans seller", but Filippo's brother will try to interfere and avoid the wedding at all costs.