Unità documentaria 48 - Trip to Comino and Gozo

1 cinefilm (Regular 8mm)

n/a; unedited film material. The film recordings portray the Mifsud Bonnici family with friends on a trip to Comino and Gozo.

00:00-00:01 – Man and boy walking down a road;
00:02-00:15 – Boat sailing out of the harbour and boat sailing on the water;
00:16-00:22 – Two men walking on a pier;
00:23-00:29 – Four people standing on a pier at l-Ahrax, Mellieha (Ramla tal-Bir) waiting for a boat to Comino;
00:30-00:40 – Three people getting on a boat to Comino;
00:41-00:42 – Comino Hotel sign;
00:43-00:47 – Comino coastline;
00:48-00:50 – St Mary’s Tower from the sea;
00:51-01:17 – Comino coastline;
01:18-01:24 – Hotel on Comino;
01:25-01:34 – Man taking photos and Mark playing with a toy gun;
01:35-01:40 – The Comino Hotel sign;
01:41-01:42 – Two people walking with the Comino Hotel in the background;
01:43-01:45 – Comino coastline;
01:46-01:58 – Five people standing in Comino's countryside;
01:59-02:05 – People on a boat (including Loulou and Mark);
02:06-02:18 – Group at Ramla Bay, Gozo;
02:19-02:23 – Citadella;
02:24-02:34 - Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu;
02:35-02:47 – Mgarr harbour;
02:48-02:44 – Man and boy sitting on a low wall;
02:45-03:01 – Man waving from airport runway;
03:02-03:08 – Man getting on plane;
03:09-03:21 – Aeroplane of The Malta Airlines;
03:22-03:23 – Plane taxiing.

Technical Identification (original/physical copy): film reel Regular 8mm, acetate, colour, silent. Duration: 03:23 minutes. Condition: Good

Technical Identification (digital copy): Size and dimensions MP4: 250 MB (262,386,253 bytes); Frame: 1400 x 950; Frame rate: 23.98 frames/second; Total bitrate: 10335 kbps.

Original found at Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

Internal relationship: Related to Maurice Mifsud Bonnici interview and photographic materials

Location: Malta, Gozo and Comino; Site: Ghajnsielem, Ramla Bay, Citadella, Gharb, Mgarr, Gudja; Author: Maurice Mifsud Bonnici

The digital copy was created in 2020 by Magna Zmien

General keywords: Internees, Shelters, Black market, Refugees, Victory Kitchens, Hunger, Air raids, Fascism, Umberto Primo school, Fascist songs, Fear, Sanitation, Prisoners of war (POWs), Diseases, George Cross

Date of cataloguing: 30/09/2020