Grecian Temple Unearthed - Italy

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1361A

Date Released

7 Jul 1955

Date submitted

4 Jul 1955

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Women’s Athletics - White City
2. 2Peasant Craft - New Look - Ecuador
3. 3Queen Juliana Opens Fair - Holland
4. 4Cross Country - Motor Cycling
5. 5Grecian Temple Unearthed - Italy
6. 6Down River Rafting - Germany
7. 7Her Majesty in Scotland
8. *Her Majesty in Scotland
9. *Leeds Children’s Day

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italian Ruins. DESCRIPTION: A Grecian temple to Neptune and Ceres has just been unearthed at Paestum on Italy’s coast, 25 miles south of Salerno. SHOTLIST: GV of the temple, workers in the foreground. Various scenes of treasure being unearthed. CU of girl with urn. Girl with plate. Girl holding a carved head of a lion.

Keywords

History and archaeology

Locations

Italy; Paestum

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

63964

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

60

Story extras:

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