Beautiful panorama of the ruins the of Pompeii, with views of Vesuvius

George Albert Smith and Charles Urban snaffled the plum job of travelling to Italy to take a series of views of Italy for the Warwick Trading Company, including this one. The long panning shots of Pompeii linger respectfully, as a tourist would, before the camera finally raises its eye to the mighty volcano looming in the distance beyond.

Panoramas of the ruins of Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background. Ascending vesuvius by the funicular railway, (one of the railway carriages is confusingly called Etna) This forms two films from the Series Around Italy with the Bioscope.