Pope Leo XIII in His Carriage

• Movies
• 1898-09-25
• EN
• Released
• 0h 1m
• US
• Documentary

• 4.0
• 3

Production

American Mutoscope & Biograph

Storyline

Filmmaker 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.