Just A Clock (1933)

Titles read: “Just a clock - but what a clock! Come with us now to Messina, where the famous Bell Tower houses its complicated clock... with life-size moving figures and queer noise effects - “. Messina, Sicily in Italy. Various shots of an ornate bell tower in Messina. A golden cockerel crows and golden figures of humans, skeletons and lions move when the clock strikes. A strange siren sound comes out of the tower (perhaps it is meant to be the lion roaring). 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