VIDEO CASSETTE "DUN GORG PRECA ? L-AHHAR TISLIMA 1962"

Id-Dipartiment ta' l-Informazzjoni għadu kemm ħare' għall-pubbliku Video Cassette twil 20 minuta dwar il-funeral ta' Dun Ġor' Preca fl-1962.

Il-Video Cassette ittieħed minn film ori'inali ta' 16 mm (black and white) u jinkludi fih fost oħrajn, l-Isqof Emanuel Galea li ċċelebra l-quddiesa, il-Kappillan tal-Hamrun Dun Mattew Kirkop, Ministri, Membri Parlamentari u personalitajiet magħrufa ta' dik l-epoka.

Il-kummentatur huwa Joseph Schembri li dak iż-żmien kien il-PRO u Segretarju Ġenerali tas-Soċjet'? tal-Mużew.

Il-film jagħti wkoll ħjiel ta' aspetti differenti tal-ħajja Maltija fis-snin sittin li jinkludu membri nisa tal-MUSEUM libsin il-kostum Malti l-għonnella, kif ukoll aspetti storiċi oħra.

Il-Video Cassette jinsab għall-bejgħ għal prezz ta' Lm2 mid-DOI Sales Office, 3 Pjazza Kastilja, Valletta u minn Preca Library, Blata l-Bajda u l-Belt Valletta.

VIDEO CASSETTE "DUN GORG PRECA – L-AHHAR TISLIMA 1962"

The Department of Information has recently launched a 20-minute Video Cassette featuring the funeral of Dun Gorg Preca in 1962.

This Video Cassette is reproduced from a 16 mm black and white footage, which portrays amongst others, the late Bishop Mgr. Emanuel Galea who celebrated the funeral Mass, the Parish Priest of Hamrun, Fr. Matthew Chircop, Ministers, MPs and other public personalities who participated in the funeral.

The film commentary is delivered by Joseph Schembri who at the time was the PRO and General Secretary of the MUSEUM Society.

The film also provides an insight into Maltese lifestyle in the sixties, particularly the popular Maltese costume ‘ghonnella' among MUSEUM's female members, and other historical aspects.

The Video Cassette is on sale at the DOI Sales Office, 3 Castille Place, Valletta and at Preca Library, Valletta and Blata l-Bajda, for the price of Lm2.