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Count Pecci
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5.2Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII. This was one of a series of films that exploited Dickson's unique, hard-won access to the Pontiff. Here the Pope arrives in a carriage and bestows a blessing. Whether this blessing was intended for the camera or for the audience beyond it, capturing it on film was a great prize for Dickson.
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898
Two men with three lordships between them.
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
1898
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898
6.3Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898
Film credits
1890s · 4 titles
5.2Filmmaker WKL Dickson, one-time right hand man to Thomas Edison, the 'Wizard of Menlo Park', here captures an even greater eminence, Pope Leo XIII. This was one of a series of films that exploited Dickson's unique, hard-won access to the Pontiff. Here the Pope arrives in a carriage and bestows a blessing. Whether this blessing was intended for the camera or for the audience beyond it, capturing it on film was a great prize for Dickson.
Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage
1898
Two men with three lordships between them.
Pope Leo XIII and Count Pecci, No. 1
1898
Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Pope Leo XIII Carried through the Vatican Loggia on His Way to the Sistine Chapel
1898
6.3Film produced by William K. Dickson’s British Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104
1898