1.
L.V.PAN...COACH & HORSES INTO SQUARE.
0.08

2.
S.V. COACHMEN WAVE FROM SEAT.
0.11

3.
L.V. CROWD OUTSIDE HALL.
0.14

4.
S.V. PRESIDENT SEGNI WITH OTHER MINISTERS.
0.16

5.
C.U. PRESIDENT SEGNI.
0.18

6.
S.V. TRUMPETERS
0.21

7.
S.V.PAN...ANOTHER COACH ARRIVES.
0.28

8.
S.L.V. CROWD.
0.30

9.
L.V. ANOTHER COACH.
0.34

10.
S.C.U.PAN...COACH PASSES.
0.39

11.
S.V. MEN AND WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS STEP FROM COACH.
0.45

12.
S.C.U. YOUNG LADY.
0.47

13.
S.C.U. ANOTHER YOUNG LADY.
0.49

14.
S.C.U. YOUNG MAN.
0.51

15.
S.V.PAN...ANOTHER COACH ARRIVES.
0.58

16.
C.U.PAN...DOOR & WHEEL OF COACH.
1.01

17.
S.V. PAN...MEN OF HORSE BACK.
1.04

18.
S.V. LINE OF HORSES.
1.05

19.
S.V.U. LANTERN ON COACH.
1.07

20.
S.V. LUGGAGE ON COACH.
1.09

21.
S.V. MAN TAKES PHOTOGRAPH.
1.10

22.
S.V. ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER.
1.14

23.
S.V.PAN...GROUP OF PEOPLE IN TRADITIONAL DRESS.
1.19

24.
T.V. PEOPLE IN SQUARE.
1.22



Initials DR/V/MR/GH



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Background: TO MARK THE CENTENARY OF THE ITALIAN POSTAL SERVICE, EIGHT HORSE-DRAWN COACHES ARRIVED IN ROME ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING MAIL FROM ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

THE COACHES HAD LEFT VARIOUS CENTRES A MONTH AGO, LOADED WITH MAIL. EXACTLY ON SCHEDULE THE COACHES ARRIVED OUTSIDE THE HALL OF CONGRESS WHERE PRESIDENT SENGI AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT HAD GATHERED TO WELCOME THEM.

THE COACHES COVERED THE ROUTES IN THE STYLE OF 100 YEARS AGO AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. THERE WERE MANY STOPS FOR RESTING OR CHANGING HORSES, AND ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS EXTRA HORSES HAD TO BE HARNESSED TO PULL THE COACHES OVER DIFFICULT COUNTRY.