Emperor Caligula’s State Galley (1930)

Full title reads: “Italy. Emperor Caligula’s State Galley - raised after 1,700 years from bed of Lake Nemi, in remarkable state of preservation after 2 years incessant and delicate work, 31 million tons of water had to be drained away.“ Lake Nemi, Italy. Shots of archaeologists working on the remains of an ancient Roman wooden ship. Various shots of what appears to be the hull of the ship (this may be all that survived). More shots of historians at work preserving the historic ship. Men haul on rope to pull the ship up the slipway on a large wooden base. 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), Britis