Feast of the Epiphany at Tarpon Springs, FL, with divers competing to retrieve cross from under water
Title card: "Blesses water in ancient rite, Tarpon Springs, Fla. - Archbishop Alexander officiates at service that opens fishing season" / With a crowd including a Greek Orthodox priest and Archbishop Alexander watching, a parcel is thrown into the water / Alexander, in full regalia, reads from a bible / Pan of the large crowd at the water's edge / Alexander throws a crucifix into the water, where boys in old-fashioned bathing suits jump from rowboats, take large gulps of air, and they go underneath the water / Title card: "Bestowing the benediction for recovery of Cross" / The bishop gives the sign of the cross to the winning boy / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1147548514
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1930
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:02:03
Location:
Tarpon Springs, Florida, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003722_03_01.mov
- 1930-1939,
- Accuracy,
- Archbishop,
- Archival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- At The Edge Of,
- Bible,
- Bishop - Clergy,
- Black And White,
- Boys,
- Child,
- Crowd of People,
- Crucifix,
- Cultures,
- Day,
- Diving Into Water,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Fishing,
- Florida - US State,
- Giving,
- Greek Orthodox,
- Gulf Coast States,
- HD Format,
- Human Interest,
- Jumping,
- Lake,
- Newsreel,
- Old-fashioned,
- Opening Event,
- Priest,
- Produced Segment,
- Reading,
- Real Time Video,
- Religion,
- Religious Blessing,
- Religious Cross,
- Rowboat,
- Royalty,
- Swimwear,
- Taking a Bath,
- Tarpon Springs,
- Throwing,
- Tradition,
- Traditional Ceremony,
- USA,
- Watching,
- Water,
- Wind,
- Winning,