300,00 Attend Open-Air Mass (1949)

Full title reads: “Nancy. 300,000 Attend Open-Air Mass“ Nancy, France. Roman Catholic Eucharistic Congress. LV Elevated, crowds in square of Place Carnot. SV Towards clergy walking in procession. MV Towards Archbishop Tisserand being pushed through streets in procession. SV Towards and pan Bishop in procession with others, making sign of cross as he walks along. SV The Archbishop on litter. SV Towards coloured men carrying litter with gift on it. LV Elevated procession moving along. Lamp in foreground. SV Towards and pan statue of the Virgin Mary being carried in procession. SV Towards miners in procession. MV The Cross in the Square of Place Carnot, banners in foreground. CU Archbishop Tisserand giving Communion biscuits. GV Crowd. SV Robert Schumann and others praying. LV Elevated massed crowd. GV Elevated crowd in square of Place Carnot. LV Elevated, crowds in the square of Place Carnot. Dais and cross in background. Used in Dublin Reel only. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ.