The Pope’s First Blessing

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1535
Date Released
3 Nov 1958
Date submitted
30 Oct 1958
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 7
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pope’s First Blessing. DESCRIPTION: St Peter’s, Rome, and the Cardinals have made their choice. Over three hundred thousand people, waiting in the Square, witnessed the preparations for the new Pope’s appearance on the balcony of the Basilica. Pope John, the twenty-third, wearing his robe of white wool, pronounced his first Pontifical Blessing to the City of Rome and the world: URBI ET ORBI. SHOTLIST: MS crowd (key). GV St Peter’s, closer same. Pan - crowd. MS cloth folded over balcony. CU white dove on banner. MS Pope comes on balcony - blesses. Crowd waves. GV Pope gives blessing.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Religion and belief
Locations
Italy; Rome
Footage sources
France
Card file number
75385
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
69
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Pope’s First Blessing', British Movietone News Issue No. 1535, 3 Nov 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/22680 (Accessed 26 Jun 2025)