Pope Arrives in Sydney
Series
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- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 7
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pope Arrives in Sydney. DESCRIPTION: Pope Paul arrives in Sydney during his nineteen day tour of Australia and the Far East. He seemed unruffled by the assassination attempt in the Philippines and not at all security conscious as he walked over to greet the welcoming crowds personally. SHOTLIST: GV Pope’s plane taxies in at Sydney Airport. GV mass crowds waving. SV pan Pope walks down steps from plane at 21’ stops on steps and extends hands. LV crowds wave. SV pan Pope walking from plane to greet crowds. GV mass crowds. SV Pope walking along talking to people. LV ditto - Pope talks to children. SV pan Pope walks past crowd. GV mass crowds wave. SV pan Pope stands up in car driving past crowds. GV crowd waiting in Square for Pope’s arrival. SV ditto. SV car draws up. SV women in crowd watch. SV pan as Pope walks from car up steps of building. LV crowds and priests in square.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Religion and belief
- Locations
- Sydney; Australia
- Footage sources
- Australia
- Card file number
- 96604
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 111
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'Pope Arrives in Sydney', British Movietone News Issue No. 2166, 7 Dec 1970. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/28606 (Accessed 05 Jun 2025)