Learning on ScreenEthiopia - Royal Mourning
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ethiopia - Royal Mourning. DESCRIPTION: Only 2 months after the death of the Empress, another tragedy has shocked and grieved the Ethiopian people and their Imperial Ruler: the death of his youngest son, Prince Sahle Selassie. Aged only 30 when he died, the late Prince had spent a good deal of his childhood here in England, where his parents lived in exile during the war. Now, preceded by officers carrying his decorations, the coffin was borne in state to the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, the capital. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS guards on horses. MS horse draws the coffin along surrounded by people walking alongside. MCU same. MS cannon and boy carrying lighted candle. GV Haile Selassie and other members of the family follow on foot behind the coffin. MCU Haile Selassie. MS men carrying stars. MS officers carry his decorations. MS horse all in black being led along. GV the coffin and people move along. LS crowds lining the road crying. MS same. MS coffin being carried along. MCU man crying. MS Selassie walks up steps everyone follows. TS coffin lowered to the ground. GV Haile Selassie and family crying. This is the funeral of Prince Sahle Selassie.
- Keywords
- Funerals
- Locations
- Addis Ababa; Ethiopia
- Footage sources
- Shipment
- Card file number
- 83976
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 89
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