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THE CORONATION OF POPE PAUL THE SIXTH TOOK PLACE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE ON JUNE 30. AN ESTIMATED 100,000 PEOPLE PACKED THE SQUARE TO WATCH THE 3-HOUR CEREMONY CONDUCTED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN THE OPEN AIR, AND WATCHED BY MILLIONS ON TELEVISION SETS ALL OVER EUROPE.
HE ARRIVED IN THE SQUARE ON A PORTABLE THRONE GREETED BY PILGRIMS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
HE WAS CROWNED WITH A GEM-STUDDED GOLD AND SILVER TIARA-SPECIALLY MADE BY THE CRAFTSMAN OF MILAN FOR THEIR FORMER ARCHBISHOP. IT WAS PLACED ON HIS HEAD BY CARDINAL ALFREDO OTTAVIANI, SENIOR CARDINAL DEACON.
THE FIRST ACT OF THE NEWLY CROWNED PONTIFF WAS TO GIVE HIS SOLEMN BENEDICTION TO THE CITY OF ROME AND TO THE WORLD.
AFTER THE CROWNING POPE PAUL WALKED FROM THE THRONE TO THE PORTABLE THRONE CHEERED BY HIS PEOPLE.
| Reference | 4930/63 |
| Tape | |
| Issue | |
| Can | 3345,3348 |
| Source | REUTERS |
| Restrictions | Restrictions on certain uses may apply, and may vary from those listed. |
| Time code | |
| Date original | 30 JUNE 1963 |
| Duration | 3.32 |
| Technical | CAN 3345 16MM/NEG. & POS. CAN 3348 16MM/NEG. SOUND & SILENT. |
| Subset | Reuters TV - RTV Post 1957 |
| Location | ROME, ITALY |
| Sound | SOF |
| Colourbw | B/W |
| 1. | GTV CROWDS IN ST PETER'S SQUARE, CARDINALS PROCESSION (3 SHOTS) | 0.21 |
| 2. | GTV POPE PAUL CARRIED THROUGH CROWDS | 0.26 |
| 3. | SV SOF..POPE WAVES (2 SHOTS) AS HE PASSES IN PROCESSION | 0.58 |
| 4. | GTV CROWDS | 1.02 |
| 5. | GV SOF..POPE PAUL WALKS TO THRONE AND SITS (3 SHOTS) | 1.44 |
| 6. | GTV MASSED CROWD | 1.52 |
| 7. | LV SOF..POPE SPEAKS IN LATIN, ZOOM BACK TO GV... | 2.34 |
| 8. | SV SOF CEREMONY PRIOR TO CROWNING | 2.43 |
| 9. | SV SOF..POPE PAUL IS CROWNED (2 SHOTS) | 2.57 |
| 10. | SV POPE PAUL STANDS TO GIVE BLESSING | 3.02 |
| 11. | GV DITTO | 3.06 |
| 12. | CU BLESSING | 3.22 |
| 13. | SV YOUNG PRIEST LOOKS THROUGH BINOCULARS | 3.25 |
| 14. | SV SOF..POPE PAUL WALKS FROM THRONE, WAVING TO CROWD, CROWD CHEERING AND SHOUTING "IL PAPA" | 3.32 |
| Initials | AA/V/AA/ES |
EDITORS: THIS FILM FROM ORIGINAL NEGATIVE IS SERVICED FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES.
Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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