| HUNGARIAN MUSICIAN KODALY DIES Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly dies. Flashbacks to his life and scenes at the funeral. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8997 |
| Catalog #: | 32290 | |
| Clip Number: | 32290-4 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 4238 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:31 - 01:38:52 | |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary | |
| Year Shot: | 1967 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Celebrity LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Hungary, Budapest OCCUPATIONS: Entertainer, Musician / Singer | |
| Description: | Various shots of thousands of people gathered at the Farkasret cemetery in Buda for the last homage. Pal Ilku, Minister of Culture and Pal Rusznyak, President of the Hungarian Academy of Science make speeches, a choir sings near the coffin. Various shots of the funeral now moving towards grave. A car carries the coffin and the relatives and thousands throng behind. Various shots of the last prayers being said at grave and the coffin is lowered into the hole. People start to throw ferns onto the coffin. Earth is started to be pushed onto the coffin. Flowers are piled onto the pyre. | |
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