Pope’s Easter Blessing (1956)

St. Peter’s Square, Rome, Italy. MS. Pilgrims arriving. Aerial view, the crowded St. Peters Square. CU. Various statues. LS. Vast crowd. LS. Swiss Guards marching. CU. Types in crowd. LS. Pan over huge crowd. LS. MS. The Pope, Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) blessing the crowd Some natural sound). VS crowds. CU two choirboys in crowd. MS Pope waving to crowd and then leaves balcony. 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.