Pilgrims Visit Pompeii (1949)

Pompeii, Italy. Title in Italian reads ' Pellegrinaggio a Pompei'. Aerial shots of the city of Pompeii. MS. Its design and buildings are perfectly clear owing to years of excavation (5 shots). MS. Church tower in the nearby town of the new Pompeii. Various shots of the pilgrims at mass in the open air. CU. A picture of the Virgin Mary. LS. Elevated shot, mass of pilgrims. (.) Date found in the old record - 14/09/1949. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage