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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7109

Title

[WHIT WALK & LIVERPOOL CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL OPENING]

Producer

Danny Minghella

Date

*1965/7

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

4 mins 21 secs

Description

Scenes featuring Manchester Italian Catholic Society Whit Friday Walk in Manchester. Shots include men carrying large floral effigies of the Madonna, women wearing traditional Italian dress and marching bands walking along Swan Street towards the city centre. The second part of the reel is a television recording of an ABC News item showing the opening ceremony of the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ in Liverpool.

 

 



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