| Military Funerals; World War I | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5180 |
| Catalog #: | 367975 | |
| Clip Number: | 367975-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON248B | |
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| Location: | France/England | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Military | |
| Description: | Funerals; military. Monuments & memorials. Soldiers carry coffin out; load onto wagon. French soldiers. French cavalry rides toward cam on tree-lined road; 2 pair soldier in back carry wreaths. 01.14.12.27 Funeral procession in street of town: coach draped in white; w/ black plumes; etc. Mourners walk behind; guys in black suits; also 2 strange people in black robes. British; French soldiers w/ wreath. 01.14.42.27 Looking down at sailors on deck of ship. LS ship; long; low; fast moving. Sailor by Brit. naval flag on moving ship. Tracking shot ship moving. Sailors at work on deck. Tracking shot past concrete naval station & real island in distance. Shot of just island. Shot from high place; on shore; ship approaches; comes alongside dock. Closer same. Looking down at funeral procession moving along on train tracks; lines of soldiers on either side; ship on left. 01.18.08.12 Looking down on big procession . 3 lines sailors either side; wagon w/ coffin draped in Union Jack; various people stand in middle; incl. row of priests. Closer shots of parts of last shot: sailors walking; coffin w/ row of officers. King George V. LS pan on whole area; troops; choir? in front of large long building; huge thing draped in flags in FG. Male royalty (King; his 4 sons; Duke of Connaught; etc...) in uniform come out; take places. Monument uncovered; 3 Brit military flags on it. Princes lay wreathes. All follow coffin.World War One. Maybe funerals of Unknown Soldiers? | |
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