RELIGION: Coronation of Pope Pius XII (1939)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit For the first time in history newsreel cameras record the ancient pageantry of the Papal Coronation. Full Description: ITALY: Rome: General views huge crowd in front of St. Peters / Bell’s tolling, clock at / Crowd around steps of St. Peter’s / Joseph Kennedy (US Ambassador) & wife / Kennedy smiling / Cardinal Hinsley & Duke of Norfolk, both remove hats / Duke of Norfolk smiles / Massed crowd / soldiers in colourful uniforms / General views huge crowd in front of St. Peter’s / Prince Humbert & Wife out of St. Peters / guards present arms / Pope being borne on Sedia Gestatoria into the Basilica / Cardinals paying homage in Clementine Chapel / Pope borne away on the Gestatoria to balcony / crowd cheering on balcony / Pope arrives on balcony and blesses crowd / crowd cheer / Pope sits down on seat on balcony / Dominioni removes mitre fr