• Short Summary

    POLES ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE ONE THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTIANITY'S ESTABLISHMENT IN POLAND.

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    STADIUM PROCESSION; CEREMONY IN PROGRESS.




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    Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved

    Background: POLES ALL OVER THE WORLD HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING THE ONE THOUSANDTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHRISTIANITY'S ESTABLISHMENT IN POLAND. A MASS TO MARK THE OCCASION WAS HELD TODAY (SUNDAY) IN LONDON. ABOUT 35,000 POLES ATTENDED THE CEREMONY, HELD IN WHITE CITY STADIUM.

    AT THE CEREMONY, THE ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER, CARDINAL HEENAN, SAID IT WAS TRAGIC THAT POLAND, A CHRISTIAN NATION, SHOULD BE GOVERNED BY ATHEISTS. HE OFFERED PRAYERS FOR POLAND'S FREEDOM.

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    Film ID:
    VLVA35PL96LEMY3VFIAKXXHHXDGQX
    Media URN:
    VLVA35PL96LEMY3VFIAKXXHHXDGQX
    Group:
    Reuters - Including Visnews
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    22/05/1966
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:07:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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