The Shah’s Wedding

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1594A

Date Released

24 Dec 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Shah’s Wedding. DESCRIPTION: Pictures of the wedding were restricted to the arrival, first, of His Imperial Majesty, seen ascending the staircase on the way to the Hall of Mirrors, where he was to wed for the third time. Then, the arrival of the beautiful bride, 21-year-old Farah Dibah, wearing her Dior gown of heavy white satin, and attended by the retinue of bridesmaids. After the ceremony, the Shah and Queen Farah posed for the cameras. Later that day, at the Gulistan Palace, the Shah and his Queen entertained some two hundred members of the court at a banquet. SHOTLIST: MS band. MS high angle exterior Palace. CU guard. MS interior Palace ceiling - pan to dome. MS (2) Shah walks up steps. Same. MS bride up steps (4). MS ceiling. MS (2) gifts on floor. CU couple. LS same. MS photographers MS (2) Shah and bride. MS (3). exterior lights. High angle chandeliers. MS (2) banquet.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Mass media; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Marriages; Military

Locations

Tehran; Persia

Card file number

78949

Credits:

Camera: Felix M. Yiaxis
Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

155

Story extras:

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