| QUEEN OF SPAIN OPENS MADRID HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 5119 | |
| Catalog #: | 365958 | |
| Clip Number: | 365958-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 59 N | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:49 - 01:09:25 | |
| Location: | Spain | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Day Dress FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Spain ROYALTY: Spanish | |
| Description: | Royalty. Queen Victoria of Spain meets people as she opens Madrid Horticultural Exhibition. Shot of Queen and entourage including several elderly ladies in black; walk forward under trees; past women who curtsy as she passes. A lovely example of the fashions of the day. Then a shot of the Queen standing behind a railing; offering her hand over the railing to a series of young Spanish women/ adolescent girls who approach; taking her hand and kissing it as they perform a curtsy. The young woman are dressed in traditional clothes. Other royals stand near the Queen. Ritual. | |
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