Italy Excavates an Old Roman City

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

137A

Date Released

21 Jan 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Circus Animals End Their Days in Rest
2. 2Linking the Empire with Air Routes
3. 3Prince George Tours Industrial Scotland
4. 4Davis Cup Star as Table Tennis Coach
5. 5Italy Excavates an Old Roman City
6. 6Meet Britain’s Most Modern Young Lady

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Italy Excavates the Old Roman City. DESCRIPTION: Herculaneum [sic] again comes to life, having been buried by Vesuvius eruption in AD 79. SHOTLIST: Herculean again comes to life having been buried by Vesuvius eruption in AD 79. Pompeii - Hurculean. Long shot of the site. Close shot of men banging iron rods into ground. Shots of rods being pushed into ground. Elevated shot of men digging, and close shot. Bath shown. Long shot of ruins.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Landforms; Accidents and disasters; History and archaeology

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1621

Length of story (in feet)

79

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