| 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: | 369744-2 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 493 H | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:11 - 01:03:20 | |
| 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: | Arrival at Azemmour; Morocco: shots of a large number of Moroccans waiting for President to arrive, standing in front of a long strip of buildings; carpets on the ground in front, fabrics hanging on walls, many shaded by awnings; several people are sitting on roofs. Presidential motorcade arrives, driving on wide road between this strip of buildings (shops?) and another across from it, as Moroccans watch. MLS Pres Millerand & party with Moroccan leaders who are all in traditional clothing; Pres Millerand is meeting and shaking hands w/ the Moroccans; the Frenchmen present are military leaders & government officials incl.the Resident General, Marshal Louis-Hubert Lyautey (essentially the governor of Morocco, which was a French protectorate). .LS crowd of Moroccans lining the road, some with flags (?). LS President and party walk past townspeople. MLS Moroccans standing in 3 rows; in front are a few musicians, playing string instruments & tambourine. LS A group of Moroccans ride horses down street twd & past cam. followed by some of the french and a Moroccan officer(?) MLS automobiles , with mounted honor guard approach on the procession route . Rear diag view of Moroccan soldiers standing in two very long rows; arched wall & trees in BG. LS horse drawn coach w/ Millerand, Lyautey & 2 others; followed by Moroccan mounted color guard, enter gate; and go past the soldiers. Front diag view the Moroccan soldiers, with 5 in fg playing snare drums. Closer shot of procession as it stops in front of large building. MS Group of Moroccan musicians stand outside building playing valve trombones, bass drum & cymbals as Millerand & group are seen in BG entering building. Fr. title trans.: "Parade of tribes." :Wide shot from across garden of a large group of French & Moroccan VIPs (incl Sultan Moulay Youssef, French Pres. Alexandre Millerand, Marshal Lyautey, etc. ) standing & sitting in several rows. High angle shot as a parade of various groups of horsemen ride past, representing different tribes in Morocco (?); crowds of spectators line the route. MLS spectators; incl group of Muslim women all in white; most wear veils w/ only a tiny slit to see through; More hi ang views of procession; horses cantering past. The VIP section, w/ Millerand wearing sun helmet sitting in front center, Lyautey on left side and Sultan (?) on right. Another hi ang (rear) view of tribal procession; crowd on hill in BG. "Revue sur la plaine Tasemat" Cavalry Review on the Tazemat plain (near Taza?). Many Moroccan horsemen riding across plain toward cam & pass on left. Side view of Marshal Lyautey who is watching the display; behind him a group of French and Moroccans incl Millerand & Sultan(?). Rear-diag. view of ranks of horses galloping past. . In Fez, VS Millerand & a bunch of French Army officers etc. walk through narrow passage in old part of town; intercut shots of Moroccan musicians - a row of drummers, then group of men and boys playing tambourines, drums and wind instruments. | |
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