The Largest Marble Monolith In The World (1929)

Item title reads - The largest marble monolith in the world - gift of Italian nation to Mussolini - leaves Carrara for Rome drawn by 80 oxen. Italy. L/S of the oxen with men driving them, struggling along pulling the truck. Various shots of the oxen dragging the big truck behind them, we do not actually see the monolith. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.