Lancers Fete (1946)

Le Mans, France. Various shots of a large crowd inside village church of Champagne during Lancers Fete. People leaving the church and forming procession. Various shots of religious procession moving through streets. People dressed in historical costumes, mounted on horseback in procession. Lancers, clergy, men carrying statue of crucifix etc. Large crowd around the village church watching the lancers attempting to split a post. Date found in the old record 08/05/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from