| 40,000 YOUNG CATHOLICS Thousands of Catholics gather in Manchester to celebrate Whit-Friday. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 245525 | |
| Clip Number: | 245525-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1094 | |
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| Location: | Manchester. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Whitsun (Pentecost) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Manchester PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Religious RELIGION: Christianity, Roman Catholic | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/5/2007 40,000 YOUNG CATHOLICS take 3 1/2 hours to pass Annual Whit-Friday Procession. Manchester. High angled shot of lots of children gathered in a city square. Various shots of procession of children dressed in white, carrying flowers and wooden crucifixes. M/S of young men wearing satin sashes walking in the procession, some carry a large model of Christ on the Cross on their shoulders. M/S of children carrying flower covered models in another part of the procession, others hold ribbons attached to the models. M/S of a small procession of priests and altar boys, two lines of small girls walk in front of them scattering petals, some altar boys hold a canopy over a bishop. M/S of people kneeling in prayer on a field. High angled shot of a procession of women dressed in white winding through a park. High angled shot of the priests and altar boys holding the canopy over the bishop, they are walking through the park past a large crowd. Various L/Ss of the crowds assembled in the park, including many of the children in white, pan to show more children in white streaming into the park. | |
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