Tempest in town: shot of council meeting in a village town hall. MSs of auction on church steps, auctionneer holding up rooster, crowd of men. Interior MLS of church, priest saying mass. LS PANs of Saint-Louis-de-France (near Trois-Rivières) in winter, houses, church. LACS of bells ringing in church steeple. LS of people going to church, horse-drawn cutter visible. Shots inside polling station: man coming out booth, hand placing ballot in box, men casting votes as scrutineers sit and watch.