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:
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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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