Your World In Nine Minutes (1947)

Title missing. - Your World In Nine Minutes. Streatham, London. A racehorse owned by 10 year old Michael Seward trains for the Grand National. Horse’s name “Michael’s Pearl“. MS LS the horse racing along a track, in what looks like a park, with a stable companion. MS the horses cross a main road and walk amid the traffic in the town. CU Michael leading him out of his stable. CU Michael standing by the horse’s head to talk to Pathe’s John Parsons (nat sound). MS Michael leads him to a mobile horse box. CU back view of the boy waving goodbye as the van drives off. Intertitle reads: “Abyssinia“. Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, inspects troops at Addis Ababa. CU a cannon firing a salute. LS the Negus alights from his car. CU Head and shoulders of the Emperor taking the salute. MS LS troops marching past. CU Good close up studies of individual soldiers. CU On his right stands his son, Crown Prince Asfaw Wassen. MS the personalities on the reviewing stand, include Prince Makonnen and the Duke of Harra