• Short Summary

    Sultan Mohammed V leaves his palace and travels to the mosque to celebrate Ramadan. Morocco.

  • Description

    Item title reads - Morocco.

    Celebrating the Feast of Ramadan in Morocco.

    L/S of Guards and the state coach outside the Sultan's palace in Casablanca. The Sultan, Mohammed V, emerges and gets in, the coach sets off to the mosque for Ramadan. M/S of him and a little boy in the coach with him. This is the first time he has been out of palace for 3 years, and the last time the coach will be used as it is being swapped for a car. Various shots of the procession, M/S of the Sultan in the coach. M/S of the Sultan's children waving in a cart behind. L/S of huge crowds of people, various shots as the Sultan rides past the crowds on a white pony.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    989.16
    Media URN:
    18217
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    24/11/1938
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:56:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:12:18:00 / 01:13:14:00
    Canister:
    38/94

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