BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit For the first time in history newsreel cameras record the ancient pageantry of the Papal Coronation. Full Description: ITALY: Rome: General views huge crowd in front of St. Peters / Bell's tolling, clock at / Crowd around steps of St. Peter's / Joseph Kennedy (US Ambassador) & wife / Kennedy smiling / Cardinal Hinsley & Duke of Norfolk, both remove hats / Duke of Norfolk smiles / Massed crowd / soldiers in colourful uniforms / General views huge crowd in front of St. Peter's / Prince Humbert & Wife out of St. Peters / guards present arms / Pope being borne on Sedia Gestatoria into the Basilica / Cardinals paying homage in Clementine Chapel / Pope borne away on the Gestatoria to balcony / crowd cheering on balcony / Pope arrives on balcony and blesses crowd / crowd cheer / Pope sits down on seat on balcony / Dominioni removes mitre fr
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