Solemn Public Procession
Series
- Series Name
- Topical Budget
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- [SUBTITLE]: "North London Catholics take part in a procession through the streets of Holloway." Procession of young boys in white frilled shirts and dark breeches, choir boys and men, and clergy. Choir men carrying a figure of the Virgin Mary under an arch of flowers followed by children carrying flowers and banners. Choir boys carrying figures of the Mother and Child. Man carrying the figure of Christ crucified followed by girls in white bearing a banner bearing figure of the Virgin Mary.
- Keywords
- Fashion and costume; Religion and belief
- Length of story (in feet)
- 58
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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How to cite this record
'Solemn Public Procession', Topical Budget Issue No. 247-1, 17 May 1916. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/125638 (Accessed 05 May 2026)