Mari Gwalia - Mary Of Wales (1925)

Item title reads - Mari Gwalia (Mary of Wales). Queen Marie of Rumania (Romania) initiated a member of the Gorsedd Circle of Bards at the Welsh National Eisteddfod. Pwhelli, Wales. Interior - M/S as Queen Marie walks onto a platform, M/S of people in robes stood about, they bow to each other. A man makes a speech, L/S of people on the platform. M/S as people fasten robes and hood on her, everyone applauds and she bows. M/S as she reads from a paper and everyone else applauds, she is led off by a man. M/S of her outside holding a bouquet of flowers. Intertitle - ’and afterwards grants a cine interview to the Pathe Gazette’. She walks along with two others ladies through some gardens, she stops and bows. M/S of the three of them outside a big building. M/S of her talking to two little girls. M/S of her holding one of them who has a straw hat on, the shot is positioned inside a picture frame. Note: the story is then repeated with the same footage except for the last shot which is not frame