Pope Blesses Allied Troops - Mix to - A Memorable Event

Series

Series Name

British Paramount News

Issue

Issue No.

1400

Date Released

31 Jul 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1New York Acclaims De Gaulle
2. 2How Nazis Left Rome (First Pictures)
3. 3Deep Shelters Make Alerts All Clear
4. 4Pope Blesses Allied Troops - Mix to - A Memorable Event

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Newsreel cameras put on record a unique event. Pius XII gives audience to 4,000 allied troops, welcomes them in English and blesses them as he departs.

Keywords

Religion and belief; Newsreels

Library number

13934

Length of story (in feet)

244

Story extras:

Production Documents

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Notes

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