STK-ID 21845

Eucharistic Congress in Saint-Hyacinthe: Monsignor Ildebrando Antoniutti, Papal Delegate, speaks with church dignitaries, blesses the crowd. Several shots from various angles and distances of procession, school children in white, policemen and boy scouts, priests, nuns, and lay people. HASs of ostensory being carried by priest under a canopy. HAMCS of tonsured monks filing past. HAS PAN of huge crowd, past LS of monumental altar, to people at left of altar. Static of Grey Nuns watching. FOLLOW SHOT of clergy going up steps of altar. Cut to four VIPs at ceremonies, one of whom is Premier Adélard Godbout. Sequence on bishop officiating at open air mass, intercut with shots of attendance, clergy. Shot of three couples being wed at same ceremony. LS of altar with monumental canopy and cut to Cardinal Villeneuve walking by the camera, blessing people.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Reportages nº 72
Location
Saint-Hyacinthe
Year
1944
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Digital Bétacam, Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk
Shooting format
35mm fine grain b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486