Ancient Excavations (1957)

Italy. Some extraordinary items were found at Herculaneum, ancient Roman town buried in Vesuvius eruption. TV. Overlooking the excavated site of the city of Herculaneum. GV. Showing an avenue with columns down the right hand side. SV. & CU. Italian girl admiring carved table leg. GV. Italian man and woman looking at what was a kitchen, on part of the site. SCU. The girl looks down into one of the urn-like constructions. GV. Showing two girls climbing onto fountain in what used to be public square. (F.G.) (Orig.B.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont Briti