Worshippers in their Sunday best file out of the Church.

Congregation Leaving St Mary's Church, Dumfries (1901)






Facts
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Titles |
(Alternative)
Mitchell and Kenyon 688 : St Mary's Church, Dumfries
(Alternative)
Mitchell and Kenyon 688 Congregation Leaving St Mary's Church, Dumfries
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Categories
Actuality Film Black and White Church Congregation People Short Silent Film St. Mary ShortActuality Film, Black and White, Church, Congregation, People, Silent Film, St. MaryDescriptions
An apparently unstoppable flood of worshippers pours down the steps of their church. Top hats and floral hats are in abundance, suggesting a well-heeled congregation. St Mary's Church, built in 1839, survives to this day and belongs to the Church of Scotland. As ever in Mitchell & Kenyon films, it's the children who show the most unembarrassed curiosity in the presence of the camera.
Source: BFI
Main (replacement) titles (00.07) One medium long shot throughout: large congregation down church steps after service. Everybody is very smartly dressed in 'sunday best'; men wear suits and either top hats or bowlers; women wear dresses and hats; girls sport frocks and bonnets and young boys are in jackets and caps (to 01.40). (Shotlist) Church Exit. (NFA Catalogue)
Source: BFI
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Cast
Crew
James Kenyon | - | Producer |
Sagar Mitchell | - | Producer |
Reviews
The Entrance staircase is the centerpiece of this "leaving Church" film by Mitchell & Kenyon, but other than that there is not much more to it. One interesting detail is the little poor girl waiting outside.