Mario De Pietro Item Title Is Ancient And Modern (1939)

Part of ANCIENT AND MODERN issue. Pathe Studios, London Various shots of a scattered pile of photos of variety entertainers. Mario de Pietro is introduced to the camera by the guitar player in the band. Both have posh English accents - they don’t sound at all Spanish! As well as the guitar, the other instruments in the band are the banjo (played by Mario), the double bass, the accordion and the violin. All the musicians wear satin shirts and floppy hats - they are supposed to be gypsies. They play upbeat gypsy style music. FILM ID:1280.3 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 (1931-19