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Clip #: TFA-243A
Length: 15:43
Year: 1942
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Burton Holmes travelogue from the 1930's showing scenes of daily life in Ethiopia and a military parade for Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Clip #: AD-55-2
Length: 16:49
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Ethiopia footage features footage of Addis Ababa leading up to and during the inauguration of Emperor Haile Selassie I, which took place on November 2nd, 1930. Various foreign diplomats and dignitaries in attendance at the coronation ceremony and walking in processions. Extensive footage of the...
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Clip #: AD-29-2
Length: 13:50
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
Travelogue from 1930 filmed in Ethiopia (Abyssinia), which features footage of Addis Ababa
leading up to the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I (which took place on November 2nd, 1930). Various foreign diplomats and dignitaries paying their respects to the Emperor, including
American...
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Clip #: AD-30-2
Length: 11:22
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
04:03:55:00
Addis Ababa
VS lioned-maned chieftains wearing traditional clothing
& holding rifles / shields.
HA procession going down street past crowds of onlookers.
Drummers playing drums as they ride donkeys.
Armed soldiers marching in procession.
HA royal car driving dignitaries...
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Clip #: AD-55-3
Length: 12:24
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
01:04:23:25
Abyssinia Roll 2
Addis Ababa
Man wearing safari hat waving to crowd.
MS Ethiopian trumpeters announcing arrival.
VS Ethiopian musicians playing large bamboo flutes
(traditional culture, Ethiopian music).
PAN row of Ethiopian natives dressed in tribal clothes holding rifles ...
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Clip #: AD-25
Length: 25:54
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
01:00:08:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Car POV TRACKING SHOT past fields w/ low trees.
PAN lush grassland field w/ trees.
PAN Ethiopians in traditional clothing sitting near field.
Ethiopians in traditional clothing walking through village streets.
Emperor Haile Selassie I & King Carol II...
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Clip #: TFA-79B
Length: 16:31
Year: 1961
Sound: Sound
Decade: 1960s
Description:
An educational film about Ethiopia and its people.
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Clip #: AD-30-1
Length: 10.44
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
03:00:12:00
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
LS people running on field, person riding horseback.
Emperor Haile Selassie I sitting on throne under cover.
Soldiers holding Ethiopian flags.
MS cinematographer (Burton Holmes) filming throne.
MS Selassie seated on throne w/ son Prince Makonnen next to ...
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Clip #: TFA-319A
Length: 26:37
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
The lavish governmental, religious and military ceremonies for Emperor Haile Selassie’s coronation in 1930. While other US and European film crews were present, Burton Holmes was the only cameraman allowed inside the Royal Enclosure. Includes footage of the coronation, various foreign...
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Clip #: TFA-8D
Length: 18:45
Year: 1930
Sound: Silent
Decade: 1930s
Description:
15:56:34 - 16:02:57 >>> Ethiopia - Gathering of some very important people, some wearing crowns, some with British style uniforms with feathered hats, sheiks. MS an ornate horse drawn carriage as potentates enter, soldiers on site. Various, native tribal chiefs, each with a rifle, sitting in...
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