THE FIRST FEMALE gondolier, Giorgia Boscolo, has taken to the canals of Venice this month after nine centuries of the profession being dominated by men.
But this film shows a Venice of a very different time, almost one century ago. The footage was shot just a few years before the country’s disastrous foray into World War I.
Kinemacolor, developed in the late 19th century, was the first successfully used colour motion picture process.
