Jehova’s Witness Baptism (1946)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Lake Erie, United States of America - 1946?. Various shots of 65,000 converts to Jehova’s Witness being baptised in Lake Erie. Long lines of people waiting their turn to be baptised. Men in various forms of dress and undress. Women of all ages mostly dressed in bathing suits, coming from a changing tent. People wading in the lake. Officials baptising converts by ducking them in the water. 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), as well as Visnews content from 19