| GREAT SCIENTIST AND STATESMEN Funeral procession for French politician and mathematician Paul Painleve. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5509 |
| Catalog #: | 253032 | |
| Clip Number: | 253032-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/90 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:46 - 01:19:11 | |
| Location: | Paris, France. | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France, Paris | |
| Description: | GAZETTE "Paris. Great Scientist and Statesman. France accords national funeral to M. Painleve wartime Premier - to rest with her 'Immortals' in the National Temple - The Pantheon." Paris, France. Funeral parade through streets of Paris. Coffin is borne on large horse drawn carriage loaded with many floral tributes. Lots of dignitaries and mourners walk behind the courtage. Horses draw numerous carts loaded with flowers. An unidentified soldier, probably a World War One commander, salutes with his sword as the procession goes by. More shots of the funeral of Paul Painleve as it heads towards the Pantheon. The coffin arrives at the Pantheon and is carried up the steps. [Paul Painlevé died October 29, 1933, at the age of 69. He was the first Frenchman in powered flight (with Wilbur Wright), and later seved as French air minister. He served in several posts, including war minister, in the First World War before becoming Premire in 1917. He served in that post again in 1925. As a mathematician, he worked on complex function theory, differential equasions, and the astronomical three body problem.] | |
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