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Guatemala - New Government ca 04Jul44

Reel Number: 220554-15

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1944

Country: Guatemala

Location: Guatemala City

TC Begins: 01:11:04

TC Ends: 01:20:14

Duration: 00:09:10

Guatemala - New Government ca 04Jul44 (?) Military band followed by young men w/ white shirts & sashes parade w/ unit flags. Women w/ sashes marching. Band & followers past Presidential palace; military applauding from balcony. 01:13:26 Pan across military saluting. CU of (?), on balcony. Crowd assembled in front of Presidential palace w/ many military. Taking oath? Women & military salutin, singing. Man on ground, wearing sash speaking & gesturing at microphone. People listening seen from above. 01:14:57 Unid. VIP speaks from balcony (mos). Or could be Jorge Toriello. 01:15:58 Unid. civilian VIP arrives by car, Ambassador? Group poses for camera. Government members? into palace. 01:16:48 Standing inside palace - chandelier. Government members and army officers seated for picture; leaving building. 01:17:17 slug 01:17:18 Civilian VIPs arriving & into Palace. Pose on steps. 01:17:44 Reception line for man in army uniform, may be General Federico Ponce Vaides (interim President during 1944). Japanese (?) ambassador bowing. Seated government men; standing government men. 01:18:41 Ext. shot across square w/ crowd waiting (brief). Men seated holding drinks & looking uncomfortable as camera pans. Various others standing. 01:19:45 Ext. VIPs leaving, shaking hands. Formal army guard out WWII Central America; Interim President; 1944

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