I like FitzPatrick's TravelTalks series. In the few minutes this short travelogue lasts, we get to see some of the sites of Rome, Vatican City, Assisi, Pisa, and Florence. Although I have visited Italy in the past, I've never been this far south. As someone who tried seeing much of Verona in an afternoon and Milan in less than 24 hours - I realize how difficult it is to show many sites in a short period of time. For comparisons, watch episodes of Passport to Europe, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves', or any other similar show.
For many people this was possibly the closest that they ever were to seeing Italy, which may have been the land their parents or grandparents left to come to the US. Watching "Visiting Italy" made me want to go back there someday and try to see more of Italy. At the time I was there, it was a pretty long train ride to go from Northern Italy to the city's shown here.
But, as a travelogue, it did what they all hope to do, make you want to go there and see these sites for yourself. Not all travelogues or FitzPatrick's TravelTalks succeed, but this one definitely does.
Now, if they could just put these out on DVD, there are many people who would be happy. Rome in 1951 is not the same city as it was fifty years later in 2001.