Popes Wonderful Recovery AKA Pope's Wonderful… 1938

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Item title reads - The Pope's wonderful recovery.

Pope Pius XI recovers from a heart attack. Footage of him before his attack.

L/S of huge crowds outside St. Peter's in Rome. M/S as the camera pans down it to the Pope speaking. Various shots of him on other occasions, huge crowds gather...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18392
Sort Number:
38/096
Time in/Out:
01:16:50:00 / 01:17:39:00
Canister:
38/96
Film ID:
991.16
Issue Date:
01/12/1938

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