The little Lombard lookout

After the Battle of Solferino, a group of Italian soldiers asks a local boy to act as lookout, climbing a tree and watching the enemy troops. But suddenly he falls hit by enemy fire. The soldiers will give him a military funeral, wrapping his body in the Italian flag.
The video is a copy from the film print held by the Museo Nazionale del Cinema: 35mm, acetate, positive, colour (Desmetcolor),…