The Pope's HlSTORlC Pilgrimage (Universal Newsreel, Jan 1964)

Description

The original release sheet reads: THE POPE'S HlSTORlC PILGRIMAGE A pilgrimage into history. Pope Paul Sixth travels from Rome to the Holy Land on his precedent-shattering trip. Even as he boards the plane he creates a series of historical firsts: the first Pope to fly, the first to leave Rome since 1809 and the first to visit the Holy Land in 2,000 years. He is greeted in Jordan by King Hussein before proceeding to Jerusalem where he enters the city through the Damascus gate and retraces the footsteps of Christ along the Way of the Cross. Police are helpless before the crowds that crush to see and touch the Pontiff. The Pope crosses into Israel and goes to Nazareth where Jesus spent much of His early life and then to the Sea of Galilee where St. Peter was signalled out by Christ to be the first of the Apostles - the Peter who first occupied the Throne that has come down to Pope Paul Vl. Then the Pope met with Patriarch Athenagoras, leader of the Orthodox rite. Thus he ended his journey as he had begun it - by again making history. N. Y. BLAZE BLACKS OUT WATERFRONT A roaring fire casts a dark blanket over mid-town Manhattan as a blaze engulfs a waterfront pier. Six fireboats and scores of fire engines fight the blaze for an hour before bringing it under control. The pier was due for demoliton anyway, so the fire just rang down the curtain early on one of New York's landmarks. WINTER OLYMPlCS PREVIEW Scores of nations are in the frenzy of last-minute preparations for the opening of the Winter Olympic games in Austria. Germany is picking her ski-jumping team in final tests at Oberstdorf and they jump as far as 252 feet. There will be thrills at the Olympics -- and that's not jumping at conclusions.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library