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  • Short Summary

    The King and Queen of Spain review Moroccan troops and desert peoples.

  • Description

    Item title reads: " King & Queen Of Spain & General Primo de Rivera, review Spain's victorious Troops of the Riff Campaign."
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    Centa, Morocco

    M/S mounted soldiers in Arab style uniform, with cloaks, and turbans, trot past camera. Others walk. The King and Queen, sitting on a balcony view the march past of soldiers and tribesmen. C/U's as General explains the parade to the Queen. The General, in a plumed hat, pins medals on soldiers. The troops give three cheers. Tribal chiefs in robes are made to bow down in front of the King and Queen. They kiss the ground and are pushed roughly away by other tribesmen. Some wear white robes others wear rough simple hooded clothes. There are drummers.
    Intertitle reads: "Chiefs of the defeated tribes prostrate themselves in the dust as a token of submission"

    Note: the tribesmen endure the humiliation of kissing the ground, but some of these shots look quite funny as you can't see their faces, as they hang their heads low.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    702.03
    Media URN:
    33418
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    13/10/1927
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:03:20:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:02:57:00 / 01:06:17:00
    Canister:
    G 1441

Comments (1)

  1. sonibut says

    Hello,
    I'm french and I 'm not sure to have understand this sentence : "Note: the tribesmen endure the humiliation of kissing the ground, but some of these shots look quite funny as you can't see their faces, as they hang their heads low." Why the shots look funny? It's not funny at all. Can you help me ?
    Thank you.
    Best regards.
    Sonia
    For the film "King And Queen Of Spain", 1927, FILM ID:702.03

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