The Secret Rome

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

631

Date Released

26 Jan 1967

Date recorded

9 Dec 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

720

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Secret Rome

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Rome - but not the tourists’ Rome. See the shimmering new buildings, built to look as the Coliseum and the Forum looked when they were white and fresh. Then slink away to the real, terracotta Rome with its narrow streets and life in the open-air. We take the lid off the hidden city of bicycle thieves. The flea-market and Trastevere where ritzy restaurants back onto some doss houses across a sleazy street that separates the eating area from the kitchens. We go to Rome’s Lido, sweaty rather than elegant, and we wind up in the village street which is what the chic Via Veneto becomes every night when the authentic Romans gather together to make it into the place where they all go for a walk.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Scenery and travel

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

660

Story extras:

Film clip

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