''Giuseppina'' is a 1960 short British

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produced by James Hill, which was filmed in 1959, in Mandriole, Emilia-Romagna, near

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in the north east of Italy. It won the

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. Production of the film was sponsored by the British Petroleum company (BP), which also distributed the film. The BP webpage summarizes the film as, "set at an Italian petrol station where various characters pass through on their onward journey, while entertaining and playing with the attendant's daughter, Giuseppina." In the 1960s and early 1970s, ''Giuseppina'' was broadcast 185 times on British television as a trade test colour film.Keys, Andrew (2007).
"The Statistician's Guide to Trade Test Colour Films"
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18 June 2008. Excerpts were also shown on '' Vision On'', the BBC programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing children. It was released as an extra on the

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Flipside DVD release of "Lunch Hour".

Cast

* Antonia Scalari as Giuseppina *

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as Rossi

References

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''Giuseppina''
at BP Video Library * {{DEFAULTSORT:Giuseppina 1960 films 1960 documentary films 1960 short films BP 1960s short documentary films British short documentary films Best Documentary Short Subject Academy Award winners Sponsored films Films directed by James Hill (British director) Films scored by Jack Beaver Films set in Italy Documentary films about road transport 1960s English-language films 1960s British films