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  • Short Summary

    Lancers Fete - traditional religious ceremony in France.

  • Description

    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.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2309.24
    Media URN:
    75774
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1946
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:03:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:54:46:00 / 01:56:49:00
    Canister:
    UN 1397 C

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