| RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN MEXICO Conflict between President Calles and Catholic Church in Mexico. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5348 |
| Catalog #: | 56545 | |
| Clip Number: | 56545-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1321 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:03 - 01:15:20 | |
| Location: | Mexico | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Demonstrators DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest GOVERNMENT: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Mexico RELIGION: Christianity, Roman Catholic | |
| Description: | RELIGIOUS CRISIS IN MEXICO. Vast throngs gather before the City Cathedral when Calles' Government decree is published. Mexico, Central America. Panning shot over heads of crowd, some holding banners with Spanish slogans on. High angled L/S of crowd. L/S of crowds swarming outside large, ornate Mexico City cathedral. "Mothers wait for hours to have children baptised before suspension of the Sacraments". Panning shot along crowd of Mexican women holding babies and toddlers. Various M/Ss of long queue of parents with small children, some shelter from sun beneath umbrellas. They are queuing outside side entrance to cathedral. | |
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