Vinti, I

A montage of stock footage accompanies the opening narration "It doesn't matter if the stories we're about to tell you are true. Consider them invented because you're seeing them on the screen. Consider them true because they happen every day. Because every day they fill the news."

"These stories are the exploits of the "burnt-out generation". The generation which were children during the war and when they opened their eyes, they saw only one thing in the world: The general mobilization of violence. The show was so impressive, so intrusive that it seemed to hide everything. Even kindness, generosity, sacrifice. "

"But even so they flourished during those years as in others. Violence appeared triumphant. It went at a happy and sporty pace. It went as far as to feign a sort of juvenile innocence. Its law was to scorn every law. Its social characteristic was contempt for any society in the triumph of the audacious individual, cynical, devoid of remorse." Steve Randall identifies the background building as Reading Town Hall in Town Hall Square at the corner of Blagrave Street and The Forbury in Reading, Berkshire. This and the following capture originated in a Pathé news segment from 1953 entitled "Glamour at No. 10" that featured Reading University Rag Week. When male students invited three French girls to join the parade, the female students took their protest to London. (SR)

The building now, captured by Steve.

"When the burnt-out generation appeared in the news with a series of crimes, it was apparent that it wasn't delinquency which arises from poverty and social differences. The new heroes in the papers were youngsters from well off families, unaware that one of their members could do such evil acts." With the help of the equestrian statue faintly visible beyond the front of the bus heading away to the left, Dave W was surprised to discover that this is Whitehall SW1. The elevation to the right of the banner shows the Office of the Secretary of State For Wales. (RL)

This is the view north Taken next to the Women of World War II monument with Gwydyr House behind the tree on the right. SJ

FRANCIA: Holding his hat, a Man sings as he walks. The junction of Rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre and Rue Paul Albert in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

The Man looks up at closed windows as his song continues. Rue du Chevalier-de-La-Barre with Passage Cottin to the left.

At the top of a stairway, a window opens and Mrs. Roger throws coins down to the street. Looking east along Passage Cottin in Montmartre, Paris.

After her Mother leaves, Simone Roger (Etchika Choureau) looks from the window of the flat.

Following breakfast, Georges (Henri Poirier) and André (Jacques Sempey) prepare to go out on a day that they have decided to kill their school friend Pierre. Manuel Gurtner draws or attention to the far distance between the actors where the striking building called La Rotonde de la Villette can be made out. The monument, designed by architect Claude-Nicolas Ledoux, was constructed between 1784 and 1788 and is still located on the then called Place de Stalingrad in the 19th arrondissement. The flat where filming took place is on the first floor above the restaurant Le Cadran Bleu, located at 2 Avenue Jean Jaurès, just on the corner with Boulevard de la Villette. Through the window, the elevated Métro section between Barbès - Rochechouart station and Jaurès station can be seen.

Georges looks out from a cafe at Saint-Claude where he, Paul, Simone, Pauline and André have arranged to meet Pierre. Manuel Gurtner (MG) explains that this is the street cafe at the Terminus Château Hotel with the entrance to Château de Vincennes Métro station on the left.

After Pierre arrives, George, André and Simone run towards the bus that their friends have boarded. Avenue de Nogent in the 12th arrondissement with Château de Vincennes bus terminus in the background, located by Manuel Gurtner.

The bus approaches a level crossing where the teenagers have to change to continue their journey to Château Virènes. Manuel Gurtner's unceasing research found that the Renault TN6 type bus of the then RATP line 120 from Château de Vincennes to Noisy-le-Grand is approaching Rue de Paris level crossing in a rural area within Seine-et-Marne department to the east of Noisy-le-Grand. The area in what later became part of the Noisiel municipality is now completely built up.

Alighting from the bus, George, Pauline (Annie Noël) and André run ahead and signal for an approaching train to stop. Manuel Gurtner discovered that the mysterious looking carriage is the Voiture-Salon of the Menier family with one of the three 0-6-0 tank locos, built by Graffenstaden at Belfort and by La Meuse at Liège, propelling. The standard-gauge private branch between Émerainville station and Noisiel was opened in 1883 and served the famous Menier chocolate factory on the banks of the river Marne until 1959.

When the train steams past without stopping, the friends climb through a hedge onto an airstrip where a glider comes in to land. The aérodrome de Lognes at Lognes found by Manuel Gurtner (MG). Open to the public air traffic since 1947, the airfield is located 28 km east of Paris in the Seine-et-Marne department.

Making their way across the airstrip and through a wood, the group approach the ruined château.

Pierre Vernis (Jean-Pierre Mocky) leads André into the building. It is unclear whether it is really a ruined castle. The director apparently borrowed the name 'Château Virènes' from the novel 'L'héritier des ducs de Sailles' by Delly, a pseudonym for the brothers Jeanne-Marie Petitjean de La Rosière (1875-1947) and Frédéric Petitjean de La Rosière (1876-1949). (MG)

As they look around the derelict building, André takes a pistol from his pocket and shoots Pierre.

George, Pauline, André and Simone flee from the scene. The edge of the Bois de Lognes advises Manuel Gurtner, where a connecting track branches off from the seven kilometre long private line between Émerainville station and Noisiel to serve the Ferme du Buisson, which was also run by the Menier family.

After the Gamekeeper discovers the wounded boy at the château, André is taken to the police station by his Father (Albert Michel). Manuel Gurtner reasons that this is obviously not the pavement in front of number 2 Avenue Jean Jaurès. However, it could be the area along Boulevard de la Villette next to Jaurès metro station.

When Georges follows, his Father tells him to return home before he and André walk from view. This may be Boulevard de la Villette, but Manuel Gurtner's research is ongoing.

ITALIA: The wail of sirens fills the air as headlights approach. The motorcade has just passed the archway at Via Dora, just reaching Piazza Mincio as the heart of Quartiere Coppedè, a unique area of Rome with its own distinct architectural style. The camera angle in the middle of the square, but out of view by Fontana delle Rane, was obviously chosen deliberately to conceal the filming location as already mentioned in the header. By the way, the fountain can be seen in 'If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium'. MG

After panning with a short convoy of fire appliances, the camera settles on a gateway. Palazzo del Ragno is located on the corner to Via Brenta. The doorway to number 8 is on the right, with the gateway to the small courtyard of number 10. The building right next to it houses the Moroccan Embassy. MG

In the darkness of night, Customs Officers prepare for a raid on a cigarette smuggling operation.

On the river bank nearby, a gang of Men watch a small motor boat approach. In the background, Ponte Guglielmo Marconi crosses the River Tevere, then still a construction site. The bridge was started in 1937 under Mussolini, but its construction was interrupted due to the war, resumed only in 1953. The official inauguration took place on 26 February 1955. MG

When Customs Officials appear while cases of cigarettes are being loaded into a truck, Claudio Valmauro (Franco Interlenghi) flees from the scene. Manuel Gurtner (MG) discovered that Gerber girder technology was used in the construction of the 235-meter-long Ponte Guglielmo Marconi, still the longest bridge in Rome.

Gunfire rings out in the background as Claudio runs over a bridge under construction. The enormous width of Ponte Guglielmo Marconi is apparent, with four lanes of traffic and pedestrian walkways on both sides, which now connects, what was then, the up-and-coming districts of Ostiense and Portuense. MG

On a gangway midway across the bridge, Claudio comes face to face with a Workman and shoots him.

The following morning, Claudio makes his way through a building site.

While his Parents involve the Police after he fails to arrive home, the tired and injured young man continues his walk.

Taking off his jacket, Claudio sits down before being approached by a Girl.

At a fountain, Claudio freshens himself up. The Fontana di Piazzale Flaminio on Via Luisa Di Savoia in Rome.

The fountain has seen better days. PW

Via Luisa Di Savoia with Porta del Popolo to the right and the neoclassical entrance to Villa Borghese park on Viale Giorgio Washington in the left background.

The addition of a subway restricts the pavement. PW

Claudio buys a newspaper in which he reads of the previous night's "Bloody shoot-out in San Paolo". Via Luisa Di Savoia.

A clearer view of the building across the road. PW

Following a bite to eat, Claudio walks across a square after he misses a trolleybus. To the left stands the Monumento Al Bersagliere in Piazzale di Porta Pia, Rome.

The once open space is somewhat cluttered these days. PW

In an apartment high above Rome, Marina Locatelli (Anna Maria Ferrero) waits for her boyfriend Claudio. In the background the then Stadio Nazionale is visible, inaugurated in 1911 and renovated in 1927. The multi-purpose sports venue was closed in the same year the film was released and demolished in 1957. MG

When he arrives, Claudio takes Marina outside as Policemen enter the building's lobby and get into the elevator. The apartment block is located in the exclusive Quartiere Pinciano on a hill of the Monti Parioli. In the distance, the dome of St. Peter's Basilica can be recognised. MG

Descending from the apartment by the stairs, Marina and Claudio get into her car and leave the building.

After Claudio admits to Marina that he's killed a Man, Marina drives on in disbelief. Manuel Gurtner explains that this is Via Cristoforo Colombo, formerly Via Imperiale, with Piazza dei Navigatori in the background, which is located on the border between the Ostiense and Ardeatino districts. The open space was planned as a trapezoid, on the site of a bend in Via Imperiale, with two monumental, symmetrical buildings for intensive housing, designed by architect Cesare Pascoletti. Construction began in 1942 on the left wing, which was the only one to be completed, visible to the left.

Concerned for her lover, Marina heads to the hospital. The archway is Porta Santo Spirito seen from Via dei Penitenzieri. MG

Marina asks for Dr. Bonanni and the car is admitted into the hospital grounds. Inside the grounds of Ospedale generale Santo Spirito, located at 1 Lungotevere in Sassia, with the background ramp rising towards the emergency ward. MG

The car approaches the emergency ward.

With Claudio lying weak in the passenger seat, Marina goes inside the building to get help from Dr. Bonanni.

Marina returns to her car to find it empty as the badly injured Claudio struggles towards home. Piazza Mincio at Palazzo del Ragno. MG

As a Police Inspector and his Men watch, Claudio reaches the house where his Parents are waiting. Manuel Gurtner advises that, today, this is the gateway to the courtyard of 10 Via Brenta.

INGHILTERRA: A busy London street. Fleet Street in EC4 with the Royal Courts of Justice just visible in the distance.

A nuisance van in the way of this shot. SJ

Buses file past one after the other as the camera pans slowly right. To the right stands St. Dunstan-in-the-West on Fleet Street.

Just the far left has been rebuilt. SJ

The shot settles on the offices of "The Daily Witness". In reality this is 186 to 184 Fleet Street, London home of Scottish publishers D. C. Thomson.

Alterations at ground level. SJ

Inside the building, Ken Wharton (Patrick Barr) takes a telephone call from a man claiming that he has exclusive news about the body of a murdered woman. Facing Whitefriars Street EC4 from premises above 149 Fleet Street.

Taken from outside the premises and from ground level, here we see the start of the next incarnation on the left where the right on the corner remains the same. SJ

With the call box he's using identified by the man as Saffron 2041, the local Police are sent to investigate. Steve Randall found that the Location London website had discovered this to be Eade Road in Harringay N4.

Taken from slightly further back due to a stationary vehicle being in the line of sight, Keith Prested faced westward along the gently swerving Eade Road which remains an area for light industry but where many of the original buildings have been replaced.

A Constable takes the receiver from Aubrey Hallan (Peter Reynolds). Eade Road can just be made out on the street sign to the left and Steve Randall points out the chimney in the right distance on which can be seen the first letters of Maynards, a factory on Vale Road.

A clearer view without the prop telephone kiosk from Keith Prested where Maynards' chimney remains in place.

Getting into the police car, Mr. Hallan directs the Inspector to the location of the corpse. Eade Road in Harringay, London N4.

Keith Prested took the view across the road to where the police car was parked.

On Fleet Street, Aubrey reads through the article that he's dictated. Looking out onto Fleet Street with Bouverie Street to the top left.

The corner today from ground level. SJ

Aubrey suggests that he and Ken go to a greyhound track that evening. Walthamstow Stadium on Chingford Road E4.

Antony Blair captured this close up of the Totalisator Board 72 years later!

After Aubrey pesters Ken about the payment for his story, the two place their bets before moving to watch the race. Walthamstow Stadium closed in 2008 after 75 years and can also seen in 'There is Another Sun' and 'An Education'.

Leaving the dog track after Aubrey collects his winnings, the pair head into the West End. Piccadilly Circus underground station in London W1.

Tickets are collected before Ken and Aubrey leave the station. The booking hall at Piccadilly Circus station.

Once in the open air, Aubrey leads Ken to a travel agents window as he continues to tell the journalist how he makes a living. Piccadilly Circus in W1 with the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in the left background.

Looking north towards Glasshouse Street on the left and Shaftesbury Avenue to the right. SJ

Returning home from London, Aubrey says goodbye to his Dad and Gran before leaving the house. Dave W finds the location as Denton Road, N8 looking north over the almost now forgotten 'Vale of Hornsey'. (RL)

With the Vale of Hornsey in the distance and parked cars in the foreground, Keith Prested wonders if the large tree on the right is a survivor.

Aubrey crosses the road after spotting Sally. The since redeveloped corner of High Street and Carshalton Road in Sutton, Surrey.

John Harwood found the redeveloped corner. (SJ)

Sally (Eileen Moore) turns when Aubrey calls out her name. Facing the corner of High Street Sutton and Cheam Road in Sutton.

John H. proves that the Barclays survives for now. (SJ)

After asking if she's off to work, Aubrey brags about his picture and story in the newspaper. Outside the Green Man public house on High Street, Sutton.

Outside now by John H. (SJ)

Sally tells Aubrey that finding a body is nothing to boast about. Sutton High Street with the entrance to the Green Man, currently O'Neills, to the right.

The entrance to the right. John again (SJ)

Aubrey tells Sally that he'll be writing more articles before the young woman turns and walks away. Facing waste ground on High Street, Sutton with the rear of the Green Man to the right.

John again but I've lost my bearings here. (SJ)

As she heads up the road, Sally passes a Policeman who Aubrey approaches and greets. Looking southward on High Street in Sutton, Surrey.

Peter Bywaters looked towards the Zizzi restaurant at the corner of Grove Road and the High Street adding "If you look very carefully, you can see the classical pediment feature surviving above the top window." The foreground service road entrance is now a wider entrance to the currently closed Morrisons supermarket.

Turning from looking through his bedroom window, Aubrey crosses to the wall where he has pinned poetry written to Sally and a newspaper cutting from the Daily Witness.

A two man Band play 'The Londonderry Air' as they move through a London park. Not just any old park for Dave W, but Kensington Gardens, south west corner on Kensington Road. (RL)

Restored railings, added clutter and a K6 telephone kiosk, where once there were two sometime after the late 60s. SJ

From a nearby gateway, Aubrey calls Ken over but is told that the newspaper isn't interested in any more articles. Having established the previous capture Dave finds this adjacent, looking north along Palace Avenue, W8. (RL)

Same gate and wall but new building on the far left. SJ

Telling Ken that he had seen Mrs. Pinkerton's body four days before phoning, Aubrey follows the reported when he walks off. The Royal Albert Hall on Kensington Gore SW7.

The north entrance. SJ

Catching up with Ken, Aubrey is told to go to the police. Outside the Royal Albert Hall, which can also be seen in 'Joanna', ‘The IPCRESS File’, ‘The Knack . . . and How to Get It’, ‘Interlude’ and 'Spice World' amongst other productions.

No queues today, though Echo and the Bunnymen were due in the evening. SJ

"But, I'm offering you a story." Kensington Gore SW7 with Albert Court in the background.

Those reinforced concrete blocks have been added. SJ

Ken tells the peculiar individual to pull himself together and stop wasting his time. Facing Albert Hall Mansions on Kensington Gore.

The postbox is still there and at the same angle. SJ

When Ken explains that Mrs. Pinkerton had been dead for four days before the body was discovered Aubrey says that he saw her before she was killed. Kensington Gore in SW7, surrounded by Albert Hall Mansions.

Looking north to the entrance of 11-20B Albert Hall Mansions, seen in "The Man without a Body." SJ

After Aubrey admits that it was he who committed the murder, Mrs. Pinkerton's neighbours are questioned by a Detective.

At his trial, the court hears how Aubrey met Mrs. Pinkerton at the Saffron cinema. The Curzon Cinema at 12 Cheam Road, Sutton in Surrey.

John H. captures a rather depressing scene. (SJ)

Outside the picture house, Mrs. Pinkerton (Fay Compton) approaches the misfit. Facing the Curzon Cinema on Cheam Road in Sutton.

And a final shot from John (SJ)

Having realised the sort of woman Mrs. Pinkerton is, Aubrey leads her towards the park. David Rice believes that this may be the café that stood where Banstead Downs begin, opposite Belmont Station near the corner of Downs Road and Brighton Road in Sutton, Surrey.

Aubrey checks the area near a railway line as Mrs. Pinkerton tells him "My husband's in prison and I've got my youngest girl to keep." Along Brighton Road in Bansted located by David Rice who recognised the distinctive clock and water towers of Banstead Hospital which can be seen across Banstead Downs as well as the railway line from Sutton in the foreground.

Ken Wharton leaves court after the jury return from considering their verdict. County Hall, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. (SR)

John Harwood was plagued by the same problems with which he had for his "Law and Disorder" shots, impeded by barriers as the future of the listed building is considered. (SJ)

The reporter heads for the nearest telephone to call his newspaper. County Hall, Kingston. (SR)

The best John H. could do, given the current lack of public access. (SJ)

Crowds wait outside the court to hear news of the trial. County Hall, Kingston is also seen in 'Law and Disorder. (SR)

John managed a fine angle here, despite the fencing. (SJ)

The camera moves away from the call box where Ken is connected to Miss Davies at the Daily Witness switchboard.