Anniversary Of Discovery Of America (1949)

Unissued / Unused material. Anniversary of discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Genoa, Italy. MS towers of castle of Genoa. MS Columbus’s house in Genoa. MS windows and towers in background. CU’s letter and signature. CU’s navigational instruments. MS’s ’Santa Maria’ on revolving turntable. CU picture showing Genoa harbour in olden times. CU pictures of Columbus. MS skyscraper in Genoa. MS more skyscrapers. Cataloguer’s note: Italian commentary. 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 1