| PRESIDENT MILLERAND OF FRANCE MAKES STATE VISIT TO FRENCH COLONIES Millerand Visits Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6275 | |
| Catalog #: | 369744 | |
| Clip Number: | 369744-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 493 H | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:20 - 01:06:41 | |
| Location: | Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Arabs INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Colonialism INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: State Visits LOCATIONS/AFRICA: Misc PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: State PERSONALITIES: Millerand, Alexandre ROYALTY: Moroccan, Sidi Muhammad Ben Yusuf ( Muhammad V, 1927 -1953 & 1957-1961 ) | |
| Description: | Fr. title says 'President makes an offering at the Moulay Idriss mosque.' Shot of President Millerand and group of French military etc. walking toward cam in narrow street - not certain if this is right beside mosque. Millerand with Admiral etc. walking past long row of French Marines standing along the walkway; garden with palm trees in BG Shot looking over heads of a large crowd, both military and civilian French people and a scattereing of Moroccan military; rows of marines in BG; occasion is unknown. French President Alexandre Millerand visits Algeria and Tunisia during his 1922 trip to France's North African colonies. Arrival at Oran, Algeria: group of local men riding horses toward cam & past.. MLS several young women in long dresses, robes over shoulders and scarves covering hair, all wear bracelets, some headscarves are decorated with coins; Hi ang GV Pres. Millerand's motorcade drives down st. past big crowds. MLS Pres. M. and large group of military and civilian men walk up steep hill past cam; city can be seen far below in BG. Title: "Au village negre" but look more Berber. MS horn & tambourine players. Girl in long polka dot dress dances w/ light scarf totally over her head and shoulders (but she can probably see through it); she is waving 2 smaller ones; villagers are crowded around watching (women sit in FG clothed in robes and headdresses that are pulled together over their faces so that they can only see out with one eye!!). MS 2 musicians. MCU the dancer - -her clothing may be modest but she is shaking her hips like a belly dancer! In Tunis, Tunisia: the Bey of Tunis & other men in elaborate dress uniforms w/ many decorations walk toward cam. MS they walk toward railway platform and meet Pres. Millerand. as he comes off train; . Shots of the group talking on platform. Pres, the Bey & another highly decorated man get into open coach; MLS coach passes in procession. Next, we see the Franco-Tunisian group walking towawrd cam through elaborately decorated metal gate flanked by palm trees. Millerand is joining in a ceremony to inaugurate memorial to Muslim Tunisians who died in WWI. MS the Bey & the President seated; other Tunisians stand behind. MLS monument is unveiled; words in Arabic & French. MS Pres M talking to Bey & other man. MS Pres. Millerand and Bey of Tunis shaking hands. Good shots of French delegation at sumptuous outdoor lunch. Pres. toasting w/ champagne glass. Isle of Djerba, "Journalists riding camels past President", says the title, without giving any clue as to WHY journalists are riding camels past President. But that's what happens: LS European guys in suits and ties, with sun helmets, ride past on camels led by tribal people; the journalists wave as they pass. | |
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