Bologna Rome Two Cities Two Faces, 1968

Location: Bologna, Italy Rome, Italy Creator: Carlo Di Carlo Documentary about Rome and Bologna made on the occasion of the election campaign for the general elections of May 1968. Two cities compared. On the one hand, the excellent organization of the Emilian capital, administered seamlessly by left-wing councils: the closeness between citizens and institutions, the orderly demographic expansion, the absolute lack of social and urban imbalances. On the other hand, the tangle of problems and contradictions of Rome, the capital of building speculation, corruption, degradation and Christian Democratic misgovernment. Testimonies on the problems, characteristics and perspectives of the two cities by: Guido Fanti (mayor of Bologna), Renzo Trivelli (secretary of the Roman Communist Federation of the PCI), Aldo Natoli (councilor municipal council of the PCI in Rome). 01. Interview with Guido Fanti, Mayor of Bologna. Photo by Roman mayors Salvatore Rebecchini and Americo Petrucci. Bologna ring road. Fiumicino. New municipal school in Bologna. Demonstration in Rome for the lack of schools. Bologna City Council Meeting 02. Meeting between Fanti and Archbishop Giacomo Lercaro 03. Guido Fanti speaks 04. Views of Bologna 05. Demonstration for peace in Bologna 06. Town Hall, return of Lercaro's visit to Fanti 07. Astronaut Valentina Terenskova 08. The new buildings on the outskirts of Bologna. The green of the hills. The Bologna ring road. Views of the Emilian city. New exhibition center. 09. Exterior and interior of the municipal library of Bologna. Cleaning the streets of the city. Landfill and incinerator. Map of the city. Bologna City Council Meeting 10. Green area on the hills of Bologna. Exterior and interior of a school. A class of preschool kids. Views of Bologna 11. Rome, overview. Dome of St. Peter. Photo by Mayors Salvatore Rebecchini, Urbano Cioccetti, Umberto Tupini, Americo Petrucci The districts of EUR, Casal Palocco, Pietralata, Capocotta, Tor Vergata 12. Renzo Trivelli, PCI deputy, speaking at a conference on the rehabilitation of villages 13. Demonstration for kindergartens and schools: women and children. Repertory images of university events. Views of the center of Rome: Trinità dei Monti, Capitoline Hill, Piazza Venezia, Piazza del Popolo 14. Interview with Aldo Natoli, of the secretariat of the Roman Communist Federation. Demonstration for pensions. Night image of a torchlight procession in Rome