Blessing The Lambs In Italy Lner 1938

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Italy.

At an unidentifiable location (sounds like Bormeo or Pormeo? No paperwork) we see various shots of a procession moving through an Italian town as part of a ceremony of blessing lambs. Several shots of lambs and sheep being carried and led along by adults and children as they go into...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17168
Sort Number:
38/038
Time in/Out:
01:16:10:00 / 01:17:13:00
Canister:
38/38
Film ID:
965.16
Issue Date:
15/05/1938

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