| Astronauts Buried With Honors | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1757 |
| Catalog #: | 425656 | |
| Clip Number: | 425656-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 040-011-01 | |
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| Location: | Fort Myer, Virginia - New York State | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Civic FUNERALS: Disaster Victims LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Virginia SPACE EXPLORATION: Misc. | |
| Description: | Arlington National Cemetery: Astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger Chaffee are buried with full military honors. West Point: Astronaut Edward White's funeral takes place at his Alma Mater. Establishing shot - A horse drawn caisson entering Arlington National Cemetery. MS - Throngs are in attendance giving their last respects. MS - Draped in the American Flag, a horse drawn caisson passes carrying the body of Astronaut Gus Grissom one of the three astronauts killed in a fire at Cape Kennedy. MS - President joins Gus Grissom's widow and family. CU - The casket of Gus Grissom. MS - Grissom's wife, and sons. Scott 16 and Mark 13 and grandparents sitting silently with their heads bowed and hearts broken. MS - Military men folding Gus's American Flag. Low Angle Shot - American Jets flying overhead. Four hours later, Astronaut Roger Chaffee is buried next to Gus Grissom. MS - President Johnson shaking the hand of Chaffee's widow and her two little children, Cheryl and Stephen. MS - Astronaut Edward White is buried at his Alma Mater, West Point. MS - Honor guard, six astronauts. MS - Astronaut Frank Bormann presents Mrs. White with the American Flag that draped Astronaut Edward White's coffin. MS - Mrs. Johnson offering Mrs. Edward White' wife her condolences. CU - Flowers place on the top of Astronaut's Edward White's coffin. | |
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