Honour To The Martyr Maid (1925)
Item title reads Honour to the martyr maid. Impressive scenes at National Joan of Arc celebrations. Orleans, France. M, S of ladies wearing white robes and veils, M, S of two men carrying banners with the image of Joan of Arc on them. Clergymen walk through the streets, various shots of boys carrying the Tricolour (Tricolore) past a statue of Joan of Arc on a horse. Various shots of the procession as it moves past her statue, it includes priests, altar boys and guards. M, S of flowers heaped by her statue, people file past to look. M, S from the side of the statue, the camera pans down to show tributes. L, S of people walking along carrying a big wreath. The camera pans up the cathedral. Gendarmes stand and watch the crowd as they pass with flowers. M, S as mounted guards stand in front of the crowds as gendarmes hold them back. L, S of people walking along in the procession, an elderly man walks along with his hat off, this could be the President. Note: the cuts run from 01:05:08 to the end of
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