A group of photographs taken by members of the Griscti family in the 1920s and 1930s of buses they built. The family operated most of these buses from their Red Wheel Garage in Sliema.
National Archives of Malta Head Office Rabat1960s; unedited film material. The film recordings were shot in Gozo at Xlendi, Ramla Bay and Mgarr. It portrays family outings and activities.
00.00-01.06: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici and her son Mark, Loulou's sister Dorothy Cuschieri nee Pizzuto, her husband Walter and their children at Xlendi in August 1964;
01.07-01.37: Xlendi Bay, 1960s;
01.37-02.04: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, her son Mark and Loulou's younger sister Carmen Pizzuto at Ramla Bay in August 1964;
02.05-02.50: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici, his wife Loulou and their son Mark with Loulou's younger sister Carmen Pizzuto at Xwejni Bay in August 1964;
02.50-03.17: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, her son Mark, Carmen Pizzuto and unidentified relatives at Ramla Bay, 1960s;
03.17-04.12: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, her younger sister Carmen Pizzuto and an unidentified woman leaving Grand Hotel, Mgarr, in August 1964. Mgarr Harbour makes an appearance as well.
1960s; unedited film material. The film recordings consist of outings by the sea and at Comino and Independence Day celebrations in 1964.
00.00-01.34: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici and her son Mark, Carmen Pizzuto (Loulou's younger sister) and an unidentified woman landing at Blue Lagoon, Comino, in August 1964. They proceed to walk around Comino and meet one of the island's residents;
01.34-01.54: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici and unidentified women at the Comino Hotel, 1960s;
01.54-02.38: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici and unidentified women on a boat ride around the Santa Marija Caves in Comino, 1960s;
02.38-03.13: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, her son Mark and Loulou's younger sister Carmen Pizzuto having a picnic at Mistra Bay, 1960s;
03.13-03.50: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, Carmen Pizzuto and Dorothy Cuschieri nee Pizzuto (Loulou's elder sister) and Antoine Mifsud Bonnici (Maurice's elder brother) at Ghadira Bay, 1960s;
03.50-05.50: Loulou Misfud Bonnici and friends at Golden Bay, 1960s;
05.50-08.02: Granting of Independence at the Floriana parade ground on the evening between 20-21 September 1964;
08.02-11.16: Independence Day celebrations, 21 September 1964;
11.16-11.44: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici and her son Mark with friends at Delimara.
1960s; unedited film material. The film recordings consist of trips to the beach, Maurice Mifsud Bonnici boarding and disembarking a plane and the building development of a villa.
00.00-00.19: Loulou Mifsud Bonnici, an unidentified men and children upon arriving at the beach;
00.20-01.16: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici boarding a British European Airways (BEA) plane with colleagues and its take-off;
01.17-01.34: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici disembarking an Alitalia plane with colleagues;
01.35-03.35: The building process of a villa with Loulou Mifsud Bonnici showing it to family members and friends.
May-June 1969; unedited film material. The film recordings show the landscape of Naples and Rome where Maurice Mifsud Bonnici travelled with colleagues.
00.00-01.39: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici and colleagues while in Naples with shots of the Neapolitan landscape including Mount Vesuvius;
01.40-02.31: The Roman landscape including the Vatican and the Altar of the Fatherland (Altare della Patria);
02.32-03.02: The view of the pool of the Hilton Hotel in Rome from one of the hotel's balconies;
03.03-03.23: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici's colleagues while in Rome.
The paper pocket that the reel was stored in.
6" guns, sailors and members of the public aboard HMS Lion.
8 men and a boy on a bare chassis - possibly that of a GMC military ambulance
The Navy and Army Illustrated. The British Fleet.
Motor car with non-Maltese registration "B 3781". A grand looking elderly gentleman and what may be his driver are also present
A GMC Motor Ambulance undergoing maintenance at the E.T. Agius garage. Three people are around the vehicle.
A group of female teachers from the Sisters of St Joseph of the Apparition school, Sliema at Ghajn Tuffieha bay. The teachers of this school used to take students for trips to Ghajn Tuffieha bay and the surrounding area due to the bar and restaurant at the bottom of the steps by the water's edge. The proprietor, who was very protective towards visiting students, could have been a certain Mr John Fenech, better known by his nickname "Kukkuru". Loulou Pizzuto is second from the right.
(From left) Maurice Despott, Lily Sanderson, Paul Borg, Louise, Nelson Orr, Jean Despott
Frankie Camilleri is standing in the centre with hat and mouth organ.
(From left), Maurice Despott, Mary Callus (sister of Anne Despott), Cliff (unidentified surname), Anne Despott and Jean Borg. At the time, Cliff was Mary's partner.
The Dragonara Palace is in the background