"Bless This House!" 1935

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Titles read: "Bless this House! An Old Tyrollean Custom."

Tyrol, Austria.

Various shots of the custom of blessing houses in the Tyrol. Three men, dressed as the three wise men (one is in black face as Balthasar), go from house to house on January 6th (Twelfth Night) and are given food...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38635
Sort Number:
PT 253
Time in/Out:
01:42:47:00 / 01:44:02:00
Canister:
PT 253
Film ID:
1110.22
Issue Date:
28/01/1935

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