With The Church’s Blessing (1927)

Item title reads: “With the Church’s blessing. 50, 000 people at traditional religious ceremony as great Fishing Fleet with 3, 000 fishermen leave for 8 months fishing off Banks of Newfoundland.“ St Malo, France M/S of the harbour at St Malo, with lots of large fishing vessels. Some Church dignitaries head along a gangplank to a small vessel, which is seen to track along past the row of tall masted fishing ships, bedecked with flags. The priest shakes sacred water, and blesses the fleet as he passes by. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959