The Holy Ghost People

Duration: 52

Year Published: 1968

Creator: Thistle Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Surveys the major beliefs of the Pentecostal Church (Holy Ghost People). Shows candid shots of the congregation during an actual service, including the handling of serpents and speaking in tongues. Gives on-location views inside a church in Saddleback, West Virginia, and closes on a dramatic note when the leader is bitten by a rattlesnake., A report on the religious fervor of a small Pentecostal congregation in West Virginia whose fundamentalist philosophy encourages the Biblical teaching of speaking in tongues and handling serpents.

Complete Record: Surveys the major beliefs of the Pentecostal Church (Holy Ghost People). Shows candid shots of the congregation during an actual service, including the handling of serpents and speaking in tongues. Gives on-location views inside a church in Saddleback, West Virginia, and closes on a dramatic note when the leader is bitten by a rattlesnake., A report on the religious fervor of a small Pentecostal congregation in West Virginia whose fundamentalist philosophy encourages the Biblical teaching of speaking in tongues and handling serpents. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.