Vatican City Admits First Royal Papal Engine

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

148A

Date Released

7 Apr 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Toy Cottage Rises from Its Ashes
2. 2French Premier Has High Speed Parley
3. 3Hungerford Romeos Say It with Oranges
4. 4Hitler Renews His Bid for Power
5. 5Vatican City Admits First Royal Papal Engine
6. 6King Alfonso Sees Dartmouth Cadets

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Vatican City Admits First Royal Papal Engine. DESCRIPTION: Locomotive enters holy precincts over railway extension from old Ley terminus at Rome. SHOTLIST: Long shot of gates being opened in wall of Vatican City with railway lines to same. Train past (engine) camera, men working by lines. Shot of "gargoyle" on side of bridge, engine passes under same. St Peter’s seen in background. Elevated shot of engine passing along rails in city. Gates being closed.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Railways; Religion and belief

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1750

Length of story (in feet)

59

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