Ethiopian Jubilee
odd: label: Local Number
content: HSFA 1991.3.1
name: label: Creator
content: Sweeney, Edward C., 1906-1967
label: Names
content: Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975
place: label: Place
content: Africa, Eastern
label: Place
content: Ethiopia
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Received from Catherine Sweeney in 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Sweeney, Edward C., 1906-1967
culture: label: Culture
content: Ethiopians
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (20 minutes, color silent; 710 feet)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1955
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1991.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
label: Type
content: Silent films
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Titles are supplied by the archivist for untitled films.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: silent films
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film, shot in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, documents the 25th anniversary of the coronation of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I. Film includes shots in the Church of St. Mary's, an address by Selassie to the Ethiopian Parliament, the reception of international dignitaries, and processions in the streets of Addis Ababa.

Legacy Keywords: Architecture church ; Coronations ; Procession secular ; Settlement urban

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