Brittany Penance 1934

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Full title reads: "BRITTANY PENANCE - Festival for the "Forgiveness of Ste. Anne-la-Palue."

Brittany, France.

Country church with its bells ringing. People arriving from all sides to the Festival for the Forgiveness of Ste. Anne-la-Palue. A procession of priests in white robes moving...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
9921
Sort Number:
34/082
Time in/Out:
01:27:21:00 / 01:28:19:00
Canister:
34/82
Film ID:
799.19
Issue Date:

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