ROYAL / ABYSSINIA: Emperor Haile Selassie lays wreath at Cenotaph (1936)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The exiled leader of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) lays a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall in London on the day after his arrival on 3 June 1936. Full Description: ENGLAND: London: EXT General views of Cenotaph monument in Whitehall, mall crowd and traffic / Haile Selassie (exiled Ethiopian emperor) carrying wreath along to Cenotaph / Close shot of inscription on Cenotaph reading ’The Glorious Dead’ TILT DOWN to wreath laid by Selassie / Close shot of Selassie looking sad as walking away from the Cenotaph / Close views of wreath and Selassie Background: The exiled leader of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) lays a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in Whitehall in London on the day after his arrival on 3 June 1936. Ethiopia; Politics; International Relations; World War One FILM ID: VLVAC7N31WP6ZWRXNFCA7CV318IN