The City That Vanished (1932)

Italy. Full titles read: “THE CITY THAT VANISHED - Two thousand years ago Herculaneum, Italy, was engulfed by the great same disaster that overwhelmed Pompeii. Today the work of uncovering the buried streets is actively progressing.“ Several shots of the excavators using pickaxes and shovels to dig through to the buried town which the commentator informs us has been buried since 79 AD after an eruption by the volcano Mount Vesuvius. L/S’s of the worker carrying large bags of “valuable finds“ through the ruined streets. L/S’s of very old jugs. Good M/S of man holding up ancient bath tub. Various shots of the excavation continuing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news age