| FUNERAL OF VICTIMS OF VIENNA RIOTS | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6275 | |
| Catalog #: | 369719 | |
| Clip Number: | 369719-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 494 N | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:34 - 01:38:35 | |
| Location: | Vienna, Austria | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Disaster Victims FUNERALS: Mass Burials LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Austria, Vienna PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Funeral | |
| Description: | FUNERAL OF VICTIMS OF VIENNA RIOTS "Days of Mourning": Funerals of the victims of the riots in Vienna; Austria; July 1927. Vienna, Austria Pan past platform where several coffins decorated w/ floral arrangements; torches around platform. Another shot panning over crowd in FG ; more coffins in BG. LS a few people stand next to coffins; which have numbers at the foot (44 & 45 in this shot). Wide shot over crowd to government & other VIPs on platform; one man is making a speech at podium. Closer shot of man making speech. Wide shot front of huge building. Interior: altar w/ candles burning & masses of flowers & ribbons. MS Austrian President Michael Hainisch getting out of car. MCU Hainisch. Funeral procession: military, priests; pallbearers carrying the coffins; oaccompanied by more uniformed men. (1st two coffins are seen then cuts to show mourners following, incl the politicians. At gravesite; President Hainisch & other dignitaries sprinkle a bit of earth into grave. | |
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