| HAIL AND FAREWELL The funeral of Arthur James Balfour | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5415 |
| Catalog #: | 182748 | |
| Clip Number: | 182748-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1661 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:30 - 01:51:15 | |
| Location: | Scotland and London | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Scotland PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Funeral PERSONALITIES: Balfour, Arthur J. | |
| Description: | HAIL & FAREWELL ! so quietly - and so very simply - they laid Lord Balfour to rest in his beloved Scottish home. Whittingehame, Lothlothian, Scotland L/S's of picturesque country church. L/S of the funeral procession making it's way down long driveway with trees on either side. A horse drawn cart carries the coffin of the late former Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour. L/S of the procession making it's way along quiet country lane. London "Great men of the nation paid homage to memory of the great statesman at Westminster Abbey." L/S of long queue of people standing in single file outside Westminster Abbey. L/S's of dignitaries arriving at the Abbey by car and on foot, including Ramsay Macdonald, Stanley Baldwin, David Lloyd George and the Duke of York (King George VI, Prince Albert), . L/S of the Duke exiting the church, and talking with the Archbishop of Canterbury (?). | |
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