Southern Italy, 1960

towering over Naples is Mount Theus Italy's famed volcano Naples self borders and rises above one of the loveliest bays in the world Caruso once said see Naples and die Naples has been under the rule of the Greeks Romans Spanish French austrians and finally became part of Italy proper in 1861 it is a lively sea port and a noisy animated City the third largest in Italy and still growing rapidly it is a major manufacturing center of gloves textiles olive oil and spaghetti modern apartments replace those it seems America doesn't have corner on billboards either but the Italian's love of beauty is not forgotten other Beauties are here also Italian movie queens and fragrant flowers who is to say which is more [Music] beautiful within relatively short distances are many other places of interest for instance if you want a close view of volcanic action there is Picolo Visio the little [Music] vvus within this area are boiling mineral SPS of volcanic origin Romans used to call these Vulcan forges at our feet sticky black bubbles rise and burst [Music] and at Nature's Own double boiler there are hot springs with temperatures of 400° just the spot to fix [Music] spaghetti Presto the spaghetti is done nothing like having handy Outlets like this in your backyard [Music] I dare you to try this it takes many years of practice with appetite satisfied we are off to see the real thing Theus where it was not a thing of fun but of utter disaster in 79 ad when Pompei was completely buried under a rain Of Cinders and Ashes es for almost 1700 years this city lay mute until in 1748 excavations began bit by bit this Roman city revealed its [Music] Secrets the very Cinders and Ashes that buried the city Pres ered the ruins with such magnificent completeness that the colors of the Fresco murals and signs are still bright and fresh intimate details of everyday activity that was stopped short on that tragic day are disclosed as the excavation and reconstruction continues most of the findings are housed in the national museum in Naples but some Villas are kept intact with the original [Music] Furnishings the santine peninsula was not always so accessible its great Beauty could be approached only by sea cramped Villages probably built as early as the 4th Century ad clamor precariously up the Steep Cliffs Villages born of sea farers and fishermen the winding Coastal paths built in the 1500s brought reach all the beauties of nature of which poets sing Small Wonder that poets artists and musicians are inspired by the beautiful quality of sento No Doubt at one time the island of free was joined to the santine peninsula but Roman Emperor already sought the seclusion and beauty of this Rocky Little Island some 9,000 people live here but each day tourists come to share it for a day it cogs up the Steep Hillside from the harbor through luxurious vegetation sparked with flowering trees and Vines once in the noisy colorful little square tourists find what pleases them most and need one say shopping for the ladies there is a Carefree gay feeling a real vacation spot where people do things they wouldn't dream of doing at home who ever heard of riding donkeys down the Main [Music] Street a and there's romance too time just stops for romance where but in Capri could a girl have such a Neapolitan serenade of her [Music] own Marina Picola the little beach lies far below a rock-faced cliff [Music] what a backdrop the three faragon rocks that Grace all kep PRI tourist literature who can resist the beckoning of this Italian beauty what a vacation spot I wonder why ulyses ever left his siren aisle but we too must leave the aisle of C free in this beautiful Bay of Naples hoping that we will TOA sento return to sento