Mount Vesuvius

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

68/81

Date Released

6 Oct 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New Law Courts
2. 2Vintage Car Race
3. 3Mechanical Scarecrow
4. 4Baby Gorilla
5. 5Youth Festival at St Paul’s
6. 6Mount Vesuvius

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

Mount Vesuvius. These days it’s a great tourist attraction. For 24 years the volcano has been peaceful - a place to visit and wonder at. But it was a very different story in 1944, when it erupted, spilling rivers of molten lava which engulfed villages in its path.

Locations

Naples

Footage sources

Corona Cinematografica

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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Phone

0207 665 8340

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Notes

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