The Pope Meets the Gypsies

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1895A
Date Released
30 Sep 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Pope Meets the Gypsies. DESCRIPTION: From Italy pictures of the Pope visiting a gypsy camp on the outskirts of Rome. The Pope gave them a papal blessing and received flowers and gifts from the Romany clans. SHOTLIST: MCU Gypsy dancing. MS ditto. MCU Gypsy children. MS Gypsy painting a picture of Christ while children look on. CU ditto. MS ditto. CU pan up Gypsy holding candles. LS pan Pope forcing his way through the crowd. MCU ditto. MS crowd. MCU the Pope blessing the Gypsies. LS ditto. MS gold caravan. MCU ditto. MS Gypsy violinist playing. MS ditto. TS crowd. MS Pope forcing his way through the crowd.
Keywords
Ethnic groups; Religion and belief
Locations
Italy; Rome
Footage sources
France
Card file number
90253
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Pope Meets the Gypsies', British Movietone News Issue No. 1895A, 30 Sep 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26164 (Accessed 04 Aug 2025)