Winsor Hotel among trove of recently-found footage from WWII

Adm. Giovanni Galati

   A huge stash of films has been discovered among  stumbled across a massive collection of film footage dating from World War II, while rooting through his deceased grandpa's basement.
   The footage includes scenes from Montreal, it would appear, as one roll is entitled "Windsor Hotel."
  The films belong to Admiral Giovanni Galati, who is described on one online account as "one of the most respected convoy escort commanders in the Mediterranean. He is said to have never lost a ship under his protection. A staunch monarchist, he refused to surrender his ships to the Allies, preferring to be arrested by the Italian Navy for insubordination. He was in charge of the San Marco Battalion in China from 1931-1936, then captain of the frigate Arborea, then full captain in 1938, and rear admiral in 1943."
   The grandfather who left the booty behind was Galati's nephew.
  The collection contains: "about 45 boxes of 8mm film, two 32mm cans of Kodak film and one red case."
    The new owner went onto Reddit where his query on how he should proceed to deal with the footage, which is already starting to decay.
   At least one of those is entitled "Windsor Hotel" so Montreal would appear to figure in the images. 
    The discussion attracted over 2,000 replies in just a couple of hours. 
   We are hoping that the the owner finds a way to share the treasure with the world so the films can be seen.