Reel Number: 221595-31
Color: Black and White
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1934
Country: USA
Location:
TC Begins: 02:31:52
TC Ends: 02:33:53
Duration: 00:02:01
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“Holiness” Cult Defies Snake Bites (1934) 02:32:00 Night ext. w/ lights. Man standing on chair (?) pulls snake out of box while surrounded by crowd & boy & several men playing guitars. Singing chanting, holding of snake; above head. People talking in tongues. People dancing, clapping. Man w/ snake around neck. 02:33:05 Man on ground begins preaching of Holy Ghost coming down. MS woman dancing in trance; others dancing trance-like as man holds snake over his head. Evangalism; Southern Americana; Religion; Revival Meeting; NOTE: GOOD Lighting, action, atmosphere, sound.