Catholic Centenary Celebrations (1950)

No title. Unedited material. See *PM2967* for full version with sound Material shot at the Catholic Hierarchy Centenary Congress in 1950. Various shots of huge crowds of people gathered together in a large stadium. A ceremony takes place under a covered canopy. C/U members of the Clergy. Men dressed as Roman soldiers march across the pitch - this is presumable some kind of pageant. People dressed as peasants enter the pitch. A group of choir boys walk past a row of boy scouts. Priests, bishops and cardinals in procession. Various shots of the crowd and of Cardinals. A group of people dressed in Elizabethan, medieval and other old fashioned costumes Various groups of costumed men and women run around enacting a scene from history. WS The stadium. Various shots of cardinals and congregation. 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. FO
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