Haile Selassie Enters Addis Ababa 1941

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Title reads: "Haile Selassie enters Addis Ababa - First Pictures".

Abyssinia (aka Ethiopia).

Various shots of jubilant Ethiopians in the streets of Addis Ababa. M/S of Selassie leaving his car and being greeted by his subjects. Various shots of Emperor Haile Selassie as he goes to...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38915
Sort Number:
41/046
Time in/Out:
01:13:21:00 / 01:15:15:00
Canister:
41/46
Film ID:
1117.12
Issue Date:
09/06/1941

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