Priest Blesses Food Donations Aka Parents With Children (1910-1920)

Religious charity gives food to poor people; priest blesses the food. Location of events unknown / unclear. MS looking over group of poor children who are watching priest and altar boy perform a little ceremony on a porch - framed by pillars covered with bare vines which makes it look like a big window. Altar boy hands incense to the priest; who shakes it around over some white sacks in front of him. The urchins watch with rapt attention. Next; a woman stands holding open a sack while a man pours something (flour?) into it. Pan right on a line of other women holding sacks. 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
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