For a day, the old religion holds sway over the centre of a mainly Protestant wool town, captured in Mitchell & Kenyon's only 'Catholic' film made outside Lancashire. 'Erin' (Ireland in Gaelic), written in flowers, proclaims the origins of much of Halifax's Catholic community. Priests, worshippers, altar boys, women and girls in elaborate hats and small children throng the streets.

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M&K 616: Civic Centre as a Venue for a parade. (Synopsis) M&K 616: Main (replacement) title (00.07) Wide Shot: crowd gather in street at start of Sunday School parade; women in dresses and bonnets, men in suits and bowler hats and children in 'sunday best' (00.23) Wide Shot: parade moves along street (terraced roads lead off it in background) brass band passes camera; one banner reads "King Cross Sunday School": further marchers pass camera, many carrying banners depicting cross, another reads "St Paul's Sunday School" (01.33) (Shotlist) M&K 617: Main (replacement) titles (00.07) Wide Shot: Catholic parade through city centre - crowds of onlookers line streets: uniformed brass band march past camera: group of church elders (?) march past - elderly men, one wears priest's robes: group of young girls (8-9 yrs?) in white dresses (communion dresses) march past: group of similarly aged boys dressed in dark suits and collars march past - communion outfits? (01.10) Wide Shot: altar boys in white robes carry statue of Virgin Mary on their shoulders: women in long dresses and bonnets march past: group of altar boys carry statue of Jesus shoulder high followed by men in dark suits and bowler hats (tram passes in background advertising "Swan Vestas" (02.14) Wide Shot: large crowd mill about at end of parade, tram passes through crowd bearing advert for "Van Houten's Cocoa" - sign on rear of tram gives destination as "Brighouse", passengers crowd onto open staircase to top deck (02.34) (Shotlist)

M&K 616 and 617 make up one title. 617 features on bfi DVD Electric Edwardians: The Films of Mitchell and Kenyon (2005)

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