The Funeral of Pope John-Paul I

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2576

Date Released

15 Oct 1978

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Death & Funeral of Pope John-Paul I. DESCRIPTION: For the second time within the space of two months, St Peter’s Square in the Vatican City, was crowded with mourners at the funeral of a Pope. With his Pontificate only just over a month old, the World was shocked to hear of the death of Pope John-Paul I. SHOTLIST: GV exterior crowd in St. Peter’s Square. MS people outside Vatican. CU front page newspaper. MS people. MS people at newsagents. MS pictures of Pope, woman kisses same. MS nuns. Angle Vatican. MS crowd. LS interior Clementine Chapel - Pope John-Paul lying in state. Various ditto. GV exterior Vatican to Library Material - Pope’s Inauguration, blessing crowds and speaking to cardinals. GV mourners in St. Peter’s Square. MS Pope’s coffin. GV statues. TS coffin carried past crowd. Priests taking caps off. MS cardinals following coffin. Various of cardinals at altar. GV square - raining. GV cardinals along steps. MS ditto. GV exterior Vatican. MS Pope’s coffin at altar. MLS ditto. MS Pope’s coffin in rain. GV altar. GV incense shaken over coffin. GV St. Peter’s Square.

Keywords

Religion and belief

Locations

Italy; Rome

Footage sources

Italy

Card file number

78/158

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

266

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