The Past Arises! (1935)

Titles read: ’THE PAST ARISES!’ Italy. Various shots of archaeologists working to uncover the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum. Commentator says it was covered with lava from the Vesuvius volcano more than 1,800 years ago. A man clears rubble from a Roman soup terrine. Another clears rubble from a mosaic floor. We see workers walking along a Roman road that has been cleared, with low houses either side - quite fascinating. Men clean the dirt from whole buildings. Shots of a carved statue that was found and a wall mosaic being cleaned. 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 agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount