Ethiopia

Year Published: 1936

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: EthiopiaBurton Holmes Film; a Filmo Rental Library Subject. From TravelFilmArchive.com: "Cover of "Combined European and American History Atlas", book opening, "European History Atlas" title page, map of Africa with arrow pointing to Ethiopia, crowd gathered around people dancing, only railroad into Ethiopia which begins at Djibouti in French Somaliland, Franco-Ethiopian Railway, train, rural landscape, trees lined along railroad tracks, people seated and walking along railroad tracks, Harra Providence, cattle, horses and donkeys near huts, man weaving on loom, potter making pot, pottery, boy holding baby goat, woman preparing food on stone slab, men stacking and pressing hay into bales, Addis Ababa, street scenes, pedestrians in traditional clothing, switchboard operators, pack camels walking on street, market, men using sewing machines, pack animals, policeman directing traffic of cars, animals and pedestrians, policemen pushing people, women holding parasols and carrying sacks on their backs, men carrying straw, men carrying various large items through streets, Haile Selassie's army, soldiers carrying rifles and running through street, native soldiers riding horseback, military marching band, military parade, soldiers marching on street, Haile Selassie walking as man holds parasol over him, Haile Selassie seated on throne next to boy, native soldiers in traditional dress and headdresses holding rifles on their shoulders, native warriors, native men racing horseback, native soldiers on foot and riding horseback carrying rifles and traditional weapons, Haile Selassie dressed in ceremonial attire."

Metadata Source:University of Georgia Brown Media Archives