| FUNERAL OF MR. SENANAYAKE - CEYLON'S PRIME MINISTER Ceylon pays last tribute to former Prime Minister | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5733 |
| Catalog #: | 32672 | |
| Clip Number: | 32672-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 52/31 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:40 - 01:44:10 | |
| Location: | Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) | |
| Year Shot: | 1952 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Cremation FUNERALS: State INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Commonwealth of Nations (British Commonwealth) LOCATIONS/ASIA: Sri Lanka (Ceylon) PERSONALITIES: Senanayake, DS | |
| Description: | See also catalog # 512889. FUNERAL OF MR. SENANAYAKE - CEYLON'S PRIME MINISTER. Funeral procession of Mr. Don Stephen Senanayake, first Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka). Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). LV. Funeral Cortege Procession towards camera. SV. Pan coffin in ornate Hearse being pulled by sailors from the Royal Ceylon Navy. GV. Soldiers in parade. SV. Towards: Coffin on catafalque travelling through the street. SV. Side view coffin on catafalque. MV. dignitaries following in cars. CU. Pan dignitaries in car. LV. Cortege being pulled by sailors and people alongside coffin throwing temple flowers onto coffin. & SV. CU. Coffin going past camera. GV. Crowds waiting for arrival of coffin and procession. SV. nurses walking in procession. SV. People looking on from top of tree. GV. Pan massed crowds assembled in Independence Square pan to Funeral pyre. LV. Funeral pyre burning at night. SV. Funeral pyre burning at night. Pan up pyre, out of frame. | |
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