Title reads: "This Day - April 1st". Short Documentary film about events around that date throughout the century. <br/> <br/>Apr 1934 - Duke and Duchess of Kent in the Bahamas on their Honeymoon. <br/>Apr 1947 - Arrival of Lord Louis Mountbatten as the last Viceroy of India. He is greeted by Jawaharlal Pandit Nehru, Abdul Azad, Lord Archibald Wavell. <br/>Apr 1927 - 8th Anniversary of Fascism in Italy. Benito Mussolini leads celebrations. <br/>Mar 1949 - Juan Peron and Eva (Evita) Peron - he is President of Argentina for 2nd time. <br/>Apr 1929 - Revolution in Mexico. Mexican men with machine guns. US troops on border <br/>VS of strike demonstrations in America. Mainly Taxi strike in New York. <br/>Apr 1927 - new small taxi for London is shown off. VS of stunts in cars and planes. Shots of 1934 umbrella plane with small round wing. <br/>Apr 1925 - Shots of R33 Airship in hanger and flying. Crew attaching it to mooring mast. <br/>Apr 1931 - Nautilus submarine - with explorer Sir George Wilkins - on polar expedition. <br/>Apr 1936 - Britain begins drilling for her own oil. <br/>Apr 1925 - Porters in Smithfield Meat market start to wear hygienic white smocks. <br/> <br/>Spacing <br/> <br/>Apr 1945 - Funeral of David Lloyd George in Wales. <br/>Apr 1944 - Eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius. Lava hits the town of San Sebastiano. <br/> <br/>Compilation of material from the Pathe Library - Paperwork gives details of sources. Made in 1956.

Mount Vesuvius erupts in 1944

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VS shots of billowing smoke and lava shooting into the air / Smoke with mounds of lava encroaching slowly into the commune of Terzigno / Kneeling people praying / Several people around a truck being loaded up with furniture and belongings / a man carrying a door

[GHOC Episode P-05] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "Vesuvius Erupts" with a photo of Mount Vesuvius erupting // [6/1/1929, Italy] VS Mount Vesuvius erupts, with lava flowing across terrain; smoke as lava flows; billows of smoke and lava splashing out of crater / Men shovel volcanic ash as ruined bldgs stand in bg // [1/1/1950, Pompeii, Italy] destroyed stone bldg with statues inside / men stand at Pompeii site / ruins at Pompeii with scaffolding near one ruin / lion statues that survived the 79 A.D. eruption / VS plaster cast of Pompeii victim // [6/1/1929] Calm crater of Mount Vesuvius / smoke billowing from volcano / VS villagers carry belongings prior to eruption / men and women on their knees look toward volcano; ruins stand in bg / molten lava flows slowly down hillside // [3/18/1944] US soldiers in Italy shield their eyes as they stand near Mount Vesuvius, which is about to erupt / soldiers on hill near volcano / rear shot soldier watches smoking lava flow past him / VS Vesuvius, with smoke pouring out of crater / [3/18/1944, San Sebastiano] Pile of lava, ash, rubble in village during eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with rocks of lava rolling down the still-smoldering pile / trail of smoldering lava and ash near bldgs / VS bldgs crumble / VS concerned Italians / Villagers pack carts with their belongings as they prepare to flee / smoke and ash near bldgs; pan US soldiers stand in area as others help villagers load cart / bldg wall falls into street / burning pile of ash / part of bldg collapses / [3/23/1944, Salerno] VS WS Mount Vesuvius with black smoke emanating / women carry child and belongings / port of Salerno at base of mountain / man walks away, carrying umbrella, in Salerno; piles of ash nearby / VS bulldozer pushes pile of ash on street during cleanup efforts / CU quiet crater of Vesuvius / pan southern Italian village / black / end credits / Note: exact date of compilation not known

Mount Vesuvius erupts in 1929

Smoke and a little lava emanate from Mount Vesuvius / lava moving across land / LS down town street as pile of earth, volcanic ash, rock blocks the end; crowd stands in foreground / CU pile of smoldering rock and ash / LS down another street as a building collapses at end; crowd of people at left foreground flees toward camera / chunk of volcanic rock falls / part of building collapses / Note: exact day not known

Montage Mount Vesuvius erupts, with smoke emanating from crater; lava flowing across terrain; smoke as lava flows; billows of smoke and lava splashing out of crater / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series / Note: exact day not known

Calm crater of Mount Vesuvius / smoke billowing from volcano / montage villagers in 1929 carry belongings prior to Vesuvius eruption / group of men and women on their knees as they look toward volcano; ruins stand in background / molten lava flows slowly down hillside as smoke wafts / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series / Note: [exact dates not known]

Pan, small city and harbor by the sea, views of Sicilian landscapes, Palermo cityscape from hills above the city, ancient ruins.

Mt. Vesuvius is a dramatic backdrop for Naples, Italy.

The city of Naples sprawls along the Mediterranean coast near Mt. Vesuvius.

Pan of San Andres pyramid In EL Salvador Central America Tilt Down,Of Mayan ruins in archaeological site San Andres El Salvador C.A.

Cityscape of Rome in 4K: the Pantheon roof

Aerial south coast of France; luxury homes visible; gorgeous!; Shot on 35mm

A pile of rocks sits on a barren cliff overlooking a foggy gray sky.

Mt. Vesuvius looms over Naples, Italy.