Pope Pius II Dead - Scenes In Rome 1939 Aka Pope Pius Xi Dead (1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. Vatican City, Rome, Italy The Papal flag flies at half mast. Pan across St Peter’s Square. Views of the Vatican. Paper boy sells papers announcing death of Pope Pius XI. People gather outside Vatican and in St. Peter’s Square. A woman crosses herself several times. Flag at half mast. CU face of corpse of Pope Pius XI. CU Newspaper headline in Italian announcing death of Pope. More Vatican shots. People reads newspapers. Roman Catholic priests and monks reads news. CU of shuttered windows in Vatican. More priests reading papers and standing in prayer. Women and children on knees praying. Shot of dead Pope. Still of cardinals around the Pope’s death bed. N.B. Pope Pius XI died in February 1939. This is definitely that event rather than the death of Pope Pius II which happened in 1464. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, A