| WHIT MONDAY PROCESSION Huge crowds turn out for a parade in Manchester. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 243835 | |
| Clip Number: | 243835-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1093 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Manchester. | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOLIDAYS: Whitsun (Pentecost) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Manchester PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Holiday | |
| Description: | MISSING 4/5/2007 Annual Whit-Monday Procession. Manchester. High angled shot of a densely packed crowd in a large square. M/S of elderly men in top hats leading a parade,they are followed by children in white holding flowers. M/S of children in the procession holding ribbons attached to a banner reading - 'St. Simons'. C/U of a little girl in white holding a bunch of flowers and wearing a crown. More shots of the girls holding banners passing, followed by lots of very small children carrying flowers. C/U of several girls dressed in white holding flowers. More shots of the parade, some children holding ribbons attached to a sort of portable May pole stop for the camera. M/S of adults in the procession, women dressed in old fashioned costumes carry banners, the men wear satin sashes, at the end of the procession a group of men carry a large model of Christ on the Cross. | |
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