On July 9th, 1960, Franco Cigarini films the service for the Reggio Emilia martyrs funerals. On July 7th, in the square opposite to the Romolo Valli Theatre - then called "Cavour Square" - during a union demonstration the police killed five workmen from Reggio Emilia. Ovidio Franchi, Lauro Farioli, Afro Tondelli, Emilio Reverberi, Marino Serri their names. The attendance to the funerals was huge, and the coffins were exposed in front of the Valli Theatre on July 9th. Cavour Square was later named after the event, Piazza Martiri Of July 7th 1960.