Film Number |
11004 |
Title |
PRESTON GUILD 1972 [1] |
Producer |
Gerald Derbyshire |
Date |
1972 |
Gauge |
spr8mm |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
30 mins 18 secs |
Description |
Views of the Preston skyline then exteriors of St. Ignatius Church and Harris museum and library. Civic dignitaries meet at the Old Corn Exchange on the first day of the Guild week. A brass band lead the procession for Mayor's Sunday followed by civic dignitaries and clergymen. At the park is an industrial exhibition with displays from the RAF including a fly past by Concorde and a parachute display team. St. Ignatius churchgoers preparing the floats for the Catholic Guild procession then the group congregate in a side street before the start of the march. The Catholic procession begins led by mounted police with floats, banners, clergymen, children and religious icons. Various funfair rides including a big wheel and stalls followed by a torchlight procession with illuminated floats. |
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