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Canonization Ceremony of Vincent Pallotti led by Pope John XXIII.

Ceremonies at Roman Catholic Church in Rome. Pope John XXIII arrives and conducts the ceremony where Roman Catholic Church proclaims a new Saint, Vincent Pallotti, a 19th Century priest who founded an order responsible for saving thousands of Jews during World War II.

Date: 1963, January 20
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039142
Duke of Genoa weds daughter of Count Ricaldoni, Maria Luisa Gandolfi.

The Duke of Genoa, nephew of King Victor-Emannuel and Maria Luisa Gandolfi, daughter of Count Ricaldoni, pose outside a church. Crowd controlled by men. Newly wed get into car.

Date: 1938, March 9
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039940
Pope John XXIII prays before the caskets of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco.

Crowds assemble at St. Peter's Square, Vatican City. Pope John XXIII carried on the sedia gestatoria chair with large white ostrich fans (flabella) during a procession. Pope John XXIII wears the triple papal tiara during the procession. Papal Swiss Guards flank the Pope’s entourage during the procession. The glass caskets of two saints are on display inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The two caskets contain the bodies of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco, Catholic priest, educator, and founder of the Salesian Order. Priests watching the veneration of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco from the Saint Peter’s Square. Pope John XXIII prays before the coffins of St. Pius X and St. John Bosco.

Date: 1959, May 14
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040107
Benito Mussolini witness calisthenics performance of 5000 boys along with huge crowd in Rome.

In a large ground amidst huge crowd, 5000 boys perform calisthenics in Rome. Benito Mussolini with others witnesses the show.

Date: 1930, July 7
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023817
26 people killed in a fire in Minerva Film Corporation studio in Rome.

Minerva Film Corporation studio on fire in Rome. A lift raises a fireman. Flames in a window. Smoke rises from the studio. A fire man raised high on a lift. Fire engines in the street. A large crowd watch the fire fighters work.

Date: 1947, May 22
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024252
U.S. Soldiers demonstrate use of carrier pigeons during WWII

Soldiers are outside a coop. One soldier feeds pigeons outside coop and enters the coop. Pigeons in the coop. Soldier selects two pigeons and places capsule on their legs. Pigeons are placed into special carriers. Carriers are picked up by jeep and driver. Pigeons are taken to a distant area for a flight mission to familiarize them with the surrounding territory. Soldiers open the special carrier and freed the pigeons for flight mission. A message is inserted into the capsule on the pigeon's leg and the pigeon is released. Soldier takes pigeon from the coop. Message is removed from capsule and soldier makes entry in code book. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, December
Duration: 5 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024685