Pope Receives Diplomatic Corps (1956)

Unissued / Unused material. Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) receives Diplomatic Corps on his birthday. St. Peter’s, Vatican, Rome, Italy. MS St. Peter’s. LS Pope’s balcony. LS Diplomatic Corps entering. MS Pope on throne. MS as he performs blessing. LS diplomatic corps kneeling. Good shots of the Pope shaking hands with members of Corps. Various shots Swiss Guards. Various shots as Pope inspects the gift of 49 volumes. 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage