| Funeral of General Walton H. Walker, 8th Army | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1782 |
| Catalog #: | 501243 | |
| Clip Number: | 501243-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-SFL-35-100 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:29 - 01:43:24 | |
| Location: | Arlington, Virginia, United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEMETERIES: Military FUNERALS: Military LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Virginia MILITARY: Army, USA | |
| Description: | Master 1782 - Tape 1 Funeral for U.S. Army General Walton H. Walker (Walton Harris Walker), Commander of the 8th Army in Korea when he was killed in a jeep accident. LS Old Post Chapel (Fort Myer National Chapel) in Fort Myer, Virginia. MS U.S. Army soldiers in dress uniforms & overcoats carrying flag-draped casket of General Walton Walker onto horse drawn gun carriage (funeral cortege). MS soldiers standing at attention with bayonet-affixed rifles. TLS American flag-draped coffin being secured onto gun carriage. Panning MS widow CAROLINE E. WALKER (Caroline Walker) & son U.S. Army Captain SAM WALKER (Sam Sim Walker, Sam S. Walker) passing camera. TLS funeral cortege leaving Old Post Chapel. MS U.S. soldiers marching past camera w/ shoulderbound rifles. MS pallbearers carrying U.S. flag-draped coffin to plot in Arlington National Cemetery. MS four star general flag billowing in wind. MS Secretary of State GEORGE MARSHALL (General George C. Marshall), U.S. Army General DWIGHT EISENHOWER (Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ike) and General OMAR BRADLEY (Omar Nelson Bradley, Omar N. Bradley) attending funeral. TLS firing party of seven soldiers aiming & firing rifles into air two times. | |
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