Summary

The Sultan of Morocco attends annual festival celebrating Muslim holy day in the capital, Rabat

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 4298
Clip SR002218_01_01.mov
Date 1/1/1932
Title The Sultan of Morocco attends annual festival celebrating Muslim holy day in the capital, Rabat
Description Title card in French (translation: "THE BIG FEAST Rabat (Morocco) It is a religious ceremony, during which the Sultan, after the slaughter of a sheep, receives the homage of the chiefs of tribes.") / MLS Black Guard military band marches toward camera, followed by soldiers with rifles / MS mounted soldiers ride among marching soldiers / WS Moulay Mohammed Ben Youssef, Sultan of Morocco (later Mohammed V) rides on horseback accompanied by white-robed retinue on foot / MS Black Guard honor guard, man holding flag, flanked by two men with rifles / MS horse-drawn royal carriage / MS Black Guard military band brass section plays / MS semi-rear view of carriage passing away from camera, accompanied by men walking in white robes / CU musician plays horn / VS men slaughter sheep while women look on from designated distance / VS sultan on horseback as women bow to him / VS sultan on horseback as men bow to him / VS “Arab Lancers” charge across field on horseback, firing rifles into the air / Note: exact month/day not known
Personality Mohammed V
Country Morocco
City Rabat

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