Cornish Gorsedd - Ancient Rites (1946)

Cornwall. Various shots of the Cornish Gorsedd procession to Perran Round - an ancient West Country ritual. Men and women in procession wear Druidic robes and head dresses. Arch Druid Grwys of Wales walking in procession. New bards being initiated into the Order. High angled shot of the ceremony in progress. Information found in the old record - Cuts 46/74. FILM ID:2345.1 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.