Vittorio Calcina

Italian and German sovereigns, Umberto I and Margherita of Savoy, Wilhelm II and Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, walking down the stairs and boarding two gondolas.

Two gondolas, slowly approaching, dock along the wharf, and both Italian and German sovereigns disembark: Umberto I accompanied by Wilhelm II, and Margherita of Savoy accompanied by Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein.

Elena of Montenegro and Victor Emmanuel III, followed by their escort.

Soldiers parade to the sound of military marches during the inauguration ceremony of Victor Emanuel II's monument in Turin.

Turin Expo, 1st May 1898. Inauguration of the Italian National Exhibition in the presence of King Umberto I and Queen Margherita. The Parco del Valentino becomes a theater of evocative outdoor landscapes, a kind of city of wonders, of progress and innovation. The film is divided into three parts.

A Bersaglieri battalion runs by, raising a cloud of dust in the process.

The royal family of Italy go for a walk in the park.

The entry of the Torino Exposition is an 1898 film dedicated to the inauguration in Torino from the King of Italy Umberto I of Italy of the Italian General Exposition.

Soldiers parade to the sound of military marches during the inauguration ceremony of Victor Emanuel II's monument in Turin.

A battalion of infantry parading somewhere near Turin.

King Umberto I and Prince Victor Emmanuel, followed by their escort, parade the troops standing at attention.

King Umberto I and his Staff, on horseback, parade in front of foot soldiers standing at attention.

Vittorio Calcina was the official filmographer for the House of Savoy, and as his final act of patronage to King Umberto, his funeral procession was filmed and released.