Round the World with Movietone: King Peter of Jugo-slavia

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

449A

Date Released

13 Jan 1938

Date submitted

10 Jan 1938

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

10 / 19

Section Title

Round the World with Movietone

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas in Jugo-slavia. SHOTLIST: Due to the different calendar used in Yugoslavia. Christmas Eve there is celebrated on January 6th. At the Royal residence, "White Castle" near Belgrade, little King Peter II upholds the old Christmas traditions. The Christmas tree is brought to the castle entrance the procession is met by King Peter who scatters handfuls of grain in symbolic custom.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Religion and belief

Locations

Balkans

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

32277

Credits:

Commentator: Alan Howland
Commentator: Carl Bernard
Commentator: Enid Lowe
Commentator: Ivan Scott
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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