Haile Selassie Visits Eritrea

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1219
Date Released
13 Oct 1952
Date submitted
8 Oct 1952
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Car Endurance
  2. 2Mono-Rail Test
  3. 3Another Water Speed Try-Out
  4. 4Haile Selassie Visits Eritrea
  5. 5Chaplin is Guest of Variety Club
  6. 6Mr Churchill at Party Conference
  7. *Cardiff’s Tin Mill

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Haile Selassie Visits Eritrea. DESCRIPTION: The Emperor and Empress of Ethiopia have made their first State visit to the newly-federated territory of Eritrea. SHOTLIST: Cut story - Emperor & Empress of Ethiopia alight from car, walks through crowds of people. Troops marching between crowds. Royal couple walk towards camera. Unveils plaque & cuts ribbon across roadway.
Keywords
Royalty; Commemorations; Ceremonies; Military
Footage sources
United Nations Newsreel
Card file number
57936
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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