Plencia Festivities (1927)

Decade: 1920

Director

León Armando Zalvidea

Year

1927

Runtime

12 mins

Notes

Film restored in 2002 with the collaboration of the Basque Government and the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, under the technical supervision of Peio Aldazabal (Basque Film Archive).

Synopsis / description

Images of the town of Plencia in Bizkaia: views of the town taken from the estuary; its streets; the Plaza del Astillero; the brass band followed by the dignitaries as they parade through the streets of the old town; children playing on the beach and the Gorliz Sanatorium. There are also images from the eve of Saint Antolin’s Day, held on 1 September 1927. These images show the parish church of Santa María Magdalena in Plencia and the market.

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