Biography: Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli)
DO NOT USE Still photos of Pacelli as a young man, newly ordained.
Eugenio Pacelli at the Vatican as a Cardinal.
Benito Mussolini in full military garb walking through a parade. Tight LS of Mussolini and Italian military leaders marching in a parade. Tight LS of Italian Fascist Youth group marching in the same parade; mostly young boys in uniform marching awkwardly.
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli sits in a large chair.
Francis Spellman meeting with other clergy.
Benito Mussolini wearing a black suit and sitting at a stately desk while signing papers.
Low angle MS of Benito Mussolini speaking to the public from a veranda. This is the famous shot in which he nods his head and folds his arms cockily. Gesturing.
MS pan right, of several press photographers wielding bulky, bulb cameras. Press follows Cardinal Pacelli on a ship.
Cardinal Pacelli at some state event. CU of Pacelli.
Cardinal Pacelli laying a wreath. Pacelli on the grounds of an American estate. Pacelli walks through crowds.
Cardinal Pacelli speaks to an American college graduating class. He blesses the crowds. He speaks decent English (real audio). It is the great need today, of an education of the heart and of the will as well as of the mind and of the intellect.
Pope Pius XI dies. A brief montage of the funeral ceremonies in the Sistine chapel
Cardinals arriving at the Vatican via motorcar to discuss the election of a new Pope. Several tight LS's of the Sistine Chapel's exterior, followed by tight and wide LS's as well as MS's of the enormous crowd gathered in the Vatican square. Excellent crowd shots. Very tight LS of smoke coming out of a chimney at the Sistine (represents that the selection has been made). Cardinal announces that Eugenio Pacelli is the new Pope.
Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) coronation. He sits on the Papal chair being carried through the crowd.