Amid Pomp And Medieval Splendour (1924)
Spain. Title: AMID POMP MEDIEVAL SPLENDOUR. King Alphonso watches 1924 Conscripts take oath of allegiance by kissing Flag. M, S of a battalion of soldiers marching past King Alphonso who stands on a raised platform. C, U of two high ranking officers holding a flag, one by one young soldiers come and kiss the flag. C, U of very high ranking officers one could be Alphonso watching the ceremony from horseback. M, S of the new soldiers walking under the flag held up by two officers. Intertitle: GENERAL PRIMO de RIVERA, the Spanish Dictator, addresses recruits. M, S of the General giving a passionate speech to a battalion of soldiers and officers. C, U of the General saluting his troops. After a few seconds of white spacing, there are some shots of an elderly woman in ermine robes and a younger woman in a black veil leaving a church accompanied by men in military uniforms with tricorne hats. The women stop to shake hands with more men waiting outside the church who also wear military
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