Princess Elettra Marconi: My father wanted to save lives | Video

Rome, Apr 5 (EFE) - (Camera: Antonello Nusca) On the 150th anniversary of the birth of Guglielmo Marconi (Bologna, 1874 - Rome, 1937), the inventor of radiophony and Nobel Prize winner, his daughter, Princess Elettra Marconi, 93, recalls her memories of her father and his legacy during an interview with Efe. In the same palace on the luxurious via Condotti in the centre of Rome where her family has always lived and where her father died on 20 July 1937, when she was only seven years old, the widow of Prince Carlo Giovanelli looks back on her life aboard the "Elettra", the yacht and floating laboratory with which her father travelled the world. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF PRINCESS ELETTRA MARCONI DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE: "To save the life of men who spent months travelling by boat without hearing from their families...They (faced) sinkings...and they couldn't call..."

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Date: 05/04/2024 10:44 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Economy, business and finance » Media » Radio industry
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 113 seconds
Reference: 7001351596
Relevance: Normal