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

* Story has local or special distribution

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:

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