OPEN AIR MASS IN HAVANA CUBA [Main Title]

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  • Title: OPEN AIR MASS IN HAVANA CUBA [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 312
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  • Summary: A celebration of Mass in an open square in Havana, Cuba, probably during the First World War.
  • Description: A view down onto the square, decorated with Cuban, American and occasional British flags. From ground level, Catholic Church dignitaries seated in the foreground, with an audience of Cuban civilian men, women and children standing behind barriers - the men have all removed their hats. Seated further back from the centre of events are a few civilian and American Navy dignitaries. Some members of the crowd are holding banners, one reading "San Augustin Council". A priest delivers his sermon from a rostrum covered with the US and Cuban flags. Four small Cuban boys wearing Boy Scout uniform have draped themselves in a large Union Jack - they remove their hats at the cameraman's request.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 312)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Cuban Roman Catholic Church (regiment/service) Cuban Boy Scouts (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: religion, Christianity - ceremonial, Cuban (object name) Cuba & Havana (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 78 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Summary: probably in some way connected either with Cuba's entry into the war (one day after the USA) or with the end of the war, though there is no evidence to substantiate this; neither is there any clear indication of the production background
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 312

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