FRENCH TROOPS PAY HOMAGE TO GRAND PERE Funeral of Marshal Joseph Joffre takes place in France.
	Tape Master:	6273
	Catalog #:	369644
	Clip Number:	369644-1
	Orginal Film:	ON 490 U
	Timecode:	01:47:12 - 01:50:42
	Location:	France
	Year Shot:	1931 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	No
	Color:	No
	Headings:	FUNERALS: Military LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France PERSONALITIES: Joffre, Joseph Jacques
	Description:	FRENCH TROOPS PAY HOMAGE TO "GRAND PERE" (aka FUNERAL OF MARSHAL JOFFRE) Funeral of Marshal Joseph Joffre; one of France's most popular military leaders; & Commander in Chief of the French Army during the first part of World War One. Ceremony in progress; side view of Louis Barthou giving the funeral oration, standing in a booth covered with fringed drapes; in BG crowd in stands. CU Barthou speaking (no audio). Shot of section of stands; w/ various French & foreign dignitaries Laval ? CU Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium (later King Leopold III) with elderly man. LS troops holding up swords parade past stands. French soldiers stand near the gun carriage on which Joffre's coffin rests with the French flag draped over it; people in stands in BG . French Army troops marching. Shot looking over heads of a crowd in park with boys perched high up in trees to get a better view. Troops march past. "Avant de partir pour Louveciennes, sa derniere demeure, Joffre reposera pres des Gloires Militaires de la France." Shot over crowd watching as the gun carriage is pulled away through gates of Les Invalides. Various shots of British Guards marching band marching slowly in the Place de la Concorde; with cutaways to crowd - hi ang crowd shot with several people using box periscopes to see over heads of those in front of them. Gv looking over Place de la Concorde. Roman Catholic bishops pass, with long robes. The gun carriage carrying flag-draped coffin passes. Mourners walk in procession. LS procession. Side view cortege. Side view mourners passing. Shot over crowd at coffin & mourners.

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