Roman Catholic Procession Lner (1938)

Manchester. Various shots of Roman Catholic men, women and children walking through Manchester during their May Procession. Bishop Henshaw watches them go past. The women and children are dressed in white. Figures of Jesus and Mary are carried along, as well as some things that look like small maypoles. It looks like quite a rainy day but still a crowd of people have turned out to watch. 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.