Chief Leading Eagle (1927)

Item title reads: “ “Chief Leading Eagle“. Sioux Indians adopt and invest President Coolidge with full tribal rites.“ Deadwood, San Diego, United States of America (USA). M/S as the President is dressed in a headdress by a red Indian squaw watched by men and women in full Indian dress. Long view of Indians performing war dance with long line of motor cars in the background. C/U of Coolidge and Red Indians. M/S more dances, and puffs of smoke, as shots seem to be fired. Coolidge poses for photo in full headdress. Note: Great sequence of dancing and magnificent feathered headdresses. President C doesn’t look particularly impressed. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news