{"id":27540,"date":"2017-08-11T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T12:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2017-08-11T10:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T14:50:37","slug":"elettra-the-story-of-guglielmo-marconi-through-his-daughter-princess-elettra-marconi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/elettra-the-story-of-guglielmo-marconi-through-his-daughter-princess-elettra-marconi\/","title":{"rendered":"Elettra: The story of Guglielmo Marconi through his daughter Princess Elettra Marconi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27541\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster.jpg 550w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Elettra-poster-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, William Lee, who notes that the radio documentary\u00a0<em>Elettra<\/em> is now available to <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/elettra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rent (A$5.10) or download via Vimeo<\/a>. Note that this program has geographic restrictions and may be limited to streaming in Australia:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/225927342\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/225927342\">ELETTRA<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/roninfilmsaustralia\">Ronin Films<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-size: 1rem;\">Encouraged by her friendship with Australian broadcaster, Ben Starr, the Princess opens her home and her heart to recall and relive her family\u2019s saga.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Her own story is counter-pointed by her memories of her father and all he achieved. As a girl, Elettra watched her father create magic. For her, the use of radio technology to save the?lives of the Titanic survivors and to track down criminals was just part of her father\u2019s wizardry. He had started a revolution. Wireless became the most fabulous invention of the 19th century: the public thought it was miraculous, and leading scientists of the day could not understand how it worked.<\/p>\n<p>Elettra inherited the Marconi empire when she was seven years old. Having spent her life travelling the world to promote her father\u2019s legacy, the Princess now plans to turn her crumbling family palace in Bologna into a radiant academy for the arts and science.<br \/>\nFrom the gardens of enchanted villas, to the corridors of the Vatican, we peek into the cracks of a new \u201cDolce Vita\u201d, where nothing is quite what it seems.<\/p>\n<p>For all her joyful enthusiasm, the Princess has found little support for her plan in Italy\u2019s dysfunctional ministries and is searching far beyond. Can she make her dream come true?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/elettra\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view the trailer on Vimeo.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, William Lee, who notes that the radio documentary\u00a0Elettra is now available to rent (A$5.10) or download via Vimeo. Note that this program has geographic restrictions and may be limited to streaming in Australia: ELETTRA from Ronin Films on Vimeo. Encouraged by her friendship with Australian broadcaster, Ben Starr, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288],"tags":[3079,6420,6421,1314,465,6422],"class_list":["post-27540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","tag-documentaries","tag-elettra","tag-elettra-marconi","tag-guglielmo-marconi","tag-radio-documentaries","tag-william-lee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7ac","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48647,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/guest-post-a-visit-to-museo-marconi-in-villa-griffone-pontecchio-bologna\/","url_meta":{"origin":27540,"position":0},"title":"Guest Post: A visit to Museo Marconi in Villa Griffone, Pontecchio, Bologna","author":"Thomas","date":"April 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ferruccio Manfieri (IZ1096SWL), who shares this report and excellent photo tour from a visit to the Museo Marconi in Bologna, Italy in 2018. 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John writes: Here\u2019s an interesting segment heard recently on ABC Radio National\u2019s and Radio Australia's \u201cLate Night Live\u201d: Marconi: The Man Who Networked the World is a new\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Guglielmo Marconi","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/450px-Guglielmo_Marconi.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15650,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/archived-recording-of-marchese-marconi\/","url_meta":{"origin":27540,"position":3},"title":"Archived recording of Marchese Marconi","author":"Thomas","date":"November 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Essex Record Office has published\u00a0a recording of a speech made by Guglielmo Marconi in 1935. 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National Public Radio\u00a0and its member stations typically celebrate with some fanfare. I especially love their vintage-inspired graphic\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/NPR-Marconi-NationalRadioDay-300x143.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31726,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/international-marconi-day-announcement\/","url_meta":{"origin":27540,"position":5},"title":"International Marconi Day Announcement","author":"Thomas","date":"April 20, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden, for sharing the following announcement for International Marconi Day. 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