Sultan Leaves Capital

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1374A
Date Released
6 Oct 1955
Date submitted
3 Oct 1955
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Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Departure of Ben Afara. DESCRIPTION: The Sultan of Morocco left his Palace at Rabat to take up voluntary retirement at Tangier. The French Resident General was there to see him off. SHOTLIST: CU of Sultan Ben Moulay Arafa and party. GV of palace. CU of sheep grazing. CU of press men waiting and rushing. CU of guard gesticulating to pressman. SCU of Arafa and party including General Boyer de la Tour. GV of guard of honour. Party walks to plane. The Sultan being assisted into plane. Planes take off.
Keywords
Politics and government; Exile
Locations
Morocco; Rabat
Footage sources
France
Card file number
64730
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
65
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sultan Leaves Capital', British Movietone News Issue No. 1374A, 6 Oct 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20409 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)