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Pompeii and Vesuvius

United States, 1951
film

Shows an actual eruption of Mt Vesuvius and against this background recalls the destruction of the city of Pompeii in 79 AD. The film depicts present-day life..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Buried cities

United Kingdom, 1960
Similarity: 85%

Pompeii: once there was a city

United States, 1969
Similarity: 82%

Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

United States, 1946
Similarity: 79%

The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum

1822
Similarity: 79%

Rome and Pompeii

United States, 1994
Similarity: 77%

Volcanoes in action

United States, 1935
Similarity: 73%

Vesuvius in Eruption, with a View over the Islands in the Bay of Naples

c. 1776-c. 1780
Similarity: 72%

Volcanoes: exploring the restless earth

United States, 1973
Similarity: 71%

Volcanism: eruption of Kilauea, Hawaii

Canada, 1976
Similarity: 71%

Volcano

Unknown, 1997
Similarity: 70%

Italy

Canada, 1988
Similarity: 70%

Days of destruction

Iceland, 1973
Similarity: 69%

Fire mountain

United States, 1970
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Hotspot

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Rome : city eternal / Encyclopaedia Britannica and F.W. and E.S. Keller

United States, 1951
Similarity: 67%

Born of fire

United States, 1983
Similarity: 67%

Fire in the sea

United States, 1973
Similarity: 67%

Volcano

United States, 1955
Similarity: 67%
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