Full titles read: "CARDINAL PACELLI ELECTED POPE"
L/S's of crowds of people in St Peters Square in Rome, Italy. They start to cheer as a puff of smoke rises above the Sistine Chapel. L/S and M/S of the first Cardinal Deacon announcing that Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli has chosen the name of Pius (XII). L/S's of a silhouette of the new Pope on the balcony. Several more good M/S's and L/S's of the new Pope meeting the people.
FILM ID:1003.01
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