Holy Island Wedding (1938)

Item title reads - Holy Island. Wedding of Rachel Markwell and Richard Patterson, Strathclyde, Scotland. L/S of Lindisfarne Abbey on Holy Island. M/S as the bride and groom, Rachel Markwell and Richard Patterson, emerge from the church, she bends down and kisses two little children. C/U of the little boy holding a horseshoe. M/S of the couple. M/S as they walk along in the wind. M/S as the bride begins a series of traditional Holy Island rituals by paying a forfeit to get out of the church gate. Then she jumps over the petting stone with the help of two men to show she doesn’t need it anymore. M/S as the couple walk along from the church with their guests. When they arrive at their new home a plate is smashed onto the pavement. M/S of men stood in a line firing rifles. M/S as the bridal car drives away. 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.