| FUNERAL OF SARAH BERNHARDT | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6273 | |
| Catalog #: | 369645 | |
| Clip Number: | 369645-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 490 T | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:59 - 01:47:03 | |
| Location: | Paris, France | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Celebrity LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris OCCUPATIONS: Entertainer, Actor PERSONALITIES: Bernhardt, Sarah | |
| Description: | The city of Paris gives famed actress Sarah Bernhardt a magnificent funeral (she died 3-26-23 at age 78). The lavish cortege is prepared for departure: black horses pull a line of "floats" covered w/ dark fabric trimmed w/ light fringe and each piled high w/ mountainous floral displays . MLS pallbearers lift coffin into back of a coach. MLS pallbearers standing behind coach; one man visibly grief-stricken; covering his face & crying; while another dabs at his eyes w/ a handkerchief. Shot looking over head of crowd as procession passes very slowly. The coach is quite grand as well; & its driver dressed in 18th century style. On either side a row of girls carrying palm leaves High angle shot coach passing followed by mourners; various dignitaries; then masses and masses of people barely distinguishable from the huge crowd, except that they are moving. 2 men holding a large wreath stand outside the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt; another crowd at side. Coach approaching and passing near cam. More Hi angle shots of procession going through streets of Paris. | |
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