| HER GRAVE THE SEA Lady Edwina Mountbatten is buried at sea. Portsmouth, Hampshire. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5829 | |
| Catalog #: | 32448 | |
| Clip Number: | 32448-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 60/18 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:40 - 01:42:24 | |
| Location: | Hampshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: At Sea LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire ROYALTY: British, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh TRANSPORTATION/BOATS & SHIPS: Military | |
| Description: | Her grave the sea. Funeral of Lady Edwina Mountbatten. Portsmouth, Hampshire. M/S as funeral cortege drives through to dock. M/S Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, with his mother Princess Andrew of Greece. M/S Earl Louis Mountbatten with his two daughters. M/S as coffin is borne along past the mourners and piped aboard ship "Wakeful". M/S as she is laid on Porter deck. The family goes aboard. Various shots of the mourners, camera pans to coffin. M/S as workers on dock take off their caps as sign of respect as the ship sails away. M/S frigate going out to sea. C/U Indian sailor saluting. L/S as the coffin is committed to the sea, L/S as the Earl throws wreath on the water. M/S of the wreaths floating on the sea. | |
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