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The Pope Permits

Date released

21 Mar 1932

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

111

NoS ID

031943

Story no

2 / 4

First sound pictures of famous Sistine Choir. Singers in fifteenth century Vatican chapel practice Easter mass.

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Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £19.99

Michelangelo’s masterpiece painted on the domed ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is possibly the finest work of art of the Renaissance era. It combines religion, art, philosophy and personifies the intensity...

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World Synod of Bishops

Date released

9 Oct 1977

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2523

NoS ID

031043

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World Synod of Bishops. DESCRIPTION: Roman Catholic Bishops gather in Rome for a Synod and a Mass is celebrated in the famous Sistine Chapel. Leading the worship is Pope Paul, who...

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Canterbury to Rome

Date released

28 Mar 1966

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1921

NoS ID

026377

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Canterbury to Rome. DESCRIPTION: For the first time in four hundred years, an Archbishop of Canterbury, pays an official visit to the Supreme Head of the Roman Catholic Faith. After...

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Michelangelo (2006)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 40 minutes), £9.99

This documentary film accompanies the exhibition, ‘Michelangelo Drawings - Closer to the Master’, which was held at the British Museum in 2006. The film is presented by Neil MacGregor, Director of the...

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HH Pope John

Date released

30 Oct 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1534A

NoS ID

022678

Story no

1 / 2

World interest has been focussed on St Peter’s, Rome, where crowds have waited anxiously for the sign that a Pope has been elected. Black smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel indicated that the...

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News & Sports Pageant of Movietone - Reported by Leslie Mitchell and Alan Howland: Cardinal Pacelli Elected

Date released

6 Mar 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

509

NoS ID

009756

Story no

1 / 12

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Pope Elected. DESCRIPTION: The new Pope is chosen and takes the name Pius XII. SHOTLIST: Large crowds gather outside St Peter’s for news of the election of the new pope. The white...

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Raphael (2 Parts) (1983)

aka: Rafaello

Director

Ann Turner

Producer

Ann Turner

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 58 minutes each), £26.00 (I)

A two-part profile of the Italian painter Raphael (1483-1520). Part 1: Examines Raphael’s life and career up to the age of 25, looking in particular at the ways in which he synthesised the lessons learned...

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Vatican City: Art and Glory (2008)

Subject

Architecture; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £16.99

The MUSEUM CITY DVD series visits some of the world’s most beautiful and historic cities, depicting each as if it were a museum. This video tours the Vatican City, as seen through the eyes of its artists...

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Making and Meaning: The Young Michelangelo: Sculpture and Painting in Florence and Rome (1994 Video)

Subject

Art

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 25 min., 1999 sale £10.00 (inclusive)

Looks at influences on the youthful Michelangelo, showing works by Donatello, Verrocchio and Bertoldo. Also analyses the changes in Michelangelo’s art brought about by his first visit to Rome in 1496....

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