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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7063

Title

[CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION & ST PHILOMENA'S OPEN DAY]

Producer

Michael and Lily Fitzsimons

Date

1950

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

silent

Running Time

4 mins 20 secs

Description

Footage showing a Corpus Christi procession, including children and members of the clergy holding banners walking slowly past school buildings. Includes shots of young girls wearing white dresses with veils carrying wreaths and bowing. Features an open day at St Philomena's School showing female pupils outdoors performing a Scottish dancing display for parents, underexposed shots of a choir singing and a prize giving ceremony indoors.

 

 



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