The March for Peace, 1961 (16mm dupe negative, scan 2K/Sound)

Location: Various, Italy Creator: Glauco Pellegrini The film is the chronicle of the march of brotherhood and peace that took place from Perugia to Assisi on September 24, 1961, and which saw a great popular participation. Over 20,000 people attended the event: personalities of political and cultural life, representatives of all regions of Italy, young people, women, workers. The march, which unfolded in the Umbrian hills, ended at sunset with an invitation to all men who want peace to unite to demand the cessation of nuclear tests of all kinds, the general disarmament, collaboration among peoples. Among the speakers at the rally are Aldo Capitini, Guido Piovene and Renato Guttuso; Mario Alicata and Franco Ferri are also present. Italo Calvino (not framed) and Giovanni Arpino open the procession. In the background, the song “The Vulture” written by Italo Calvino himself with Sergio Liberovici in 1958. 01. Headlines: Directed by Glauco Pellegrini 02. Assisi, 24 September 1961. All-round inq of the town perched on the mountain, its hills and its population 03. Part of the walls, the crowd concentrates, after the march, outside them; the band plays. Women and men, holding posters with depictions of doves and symbols of peace, rest sitting on the ground 04. Professor Aldo Capitini (creator of the initiative) speaks to the crowd. The writer Guido Piovene and Renato Guttuso take the floor 05. Images of the first morning, when the long column of people starts from Perugia; people from all walks of life participate in the march. The march stretches along the municipal road, then on the state road 06. Flags waving. Among the numerous writings on the billboards are: “No to nuclear weapons”, “The entire state budget for peace works”, “H-bombs banned” 07. A mobile camera quickly goes up the long line of the marching procession. Protesters walk a bridge 08. Arrival in Assisi. Packed squares and streets. Climb that leads to the Rocca. Curious people look out the windows 09. Through the steep mountain bends, people continue their pilgrimage to the top. Children on the side of the road applaud passers-by 10. Pacifists camp under the walls of the fortress. The band plays