| Adenauer Funeral | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1760 |
| Catalog #: | 425850 | |
| Clip Number: | 425850-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-035-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:14:29 - 00:15:37 | |
| Location: | Cologne, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. FUNERALS: Memorial Service FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany PERSONALITIES: Adenauer, Konrad PERSONALITIES: Brandt, Willy PERSONALITIES: De Gaulle, Charles PERSONALITIES: Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ) | |
| Description: | "The funeral rites for Konrad Adenauer, at Cologne's historic cathedral are marked by medieval grandeur and attended by international figures from all over the world. President Johnson and French President DeGaulle are among the many mourners at the final rites, a Pontifical requiem mass celebrated by Josef Cardinal Frings. Tilting MS - Main façade of Cologne Cathedral, stop at main entrance & banyan of flowers. TLS - Mourners taking seats inside cathedral. MS - Unidentified politician taking seat in pews. MS - President of France CHARLES DE GAULLE, President of the United States LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON and West German Chancellor KURT KIESINGER sitting together in pews. LS - Funeral mass, cam in back of cathedral. MS - West German soldiers carrying flag-draped coffin of Konrad Adenauer through cathedral. Panning side view MS - Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger, President Lyndon Johnson and President Charles de Gaulle walking aisle. Panning side view MS - SPD Party Chairman WILLY BRANDT (in FG) walking with former Chancellor LUDWIG ERHARD (to Willy's right). LS/TLSs - Funeral procession leading from Cologne Cathedral and onto street, soldiers carrying coffin of Konrad Adenauer. | |
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