The Pope’s Easter Blessing (1958)

Unused / unissued material - Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Three CUs Crowd. GV Crowd. LS Basilica, crowd in f.g. VS Crowd in St. Peter’s Square. CU Oriental girl wearing decorative headscarf. High angle of crowds in St. Peter’s Square. MS Pope Pius XII standing on balcony delivering Easter Blessing. BV Statue. LS St Peter’s. Two high angle shots of massed crowds. (F.G.) 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 can be viewed on the British Pathé website.