300,00 Attend Open-Air Mass 1949

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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....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
46186
Sort Number:
49/057 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:52:47:00 / 01:53:46:00
Canister:
49/57 (Dublin)
Film ID:
1417.33
Issue Date:
18/07/1949

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