| PRESIDENT HARDING LAID TO REST Funeral of American President Warren G Harding. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5283 |
| Catalog #: | 509516 | |
| Clip Number: | 509516-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 222 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:39:48 - 01:41:44 | |
| Location: | United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1923 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA PERSONALITIES: Harding, Warren | |
| Description: | American President Warren G Harding laid to rest. United States of America (USA). "And now he know eternal peace. His body is brought for burial in his native soil." MS train pulling in. MS armed service personnel carrying coffin. MS pallbearers putting coffin into ornate hearse. "Members of the cabinet" MS officials walking along. "Along Main Street the most grief stricken town in America." MS's cortege driving down street. "The body of the President is taken to the home of his father, Mr. George T Harding, where it reposes until the burial." MS coffin being carried into chapel of rest. "Brave and contained in her extreme ordeal - the President’s widow - escorted by Dr Sawyer and George Christian." MS mourners entering chapel. Pan across many wreaths laid outside. "Lifelong neighbors of Warren Harding bid farewell to their beloved comrade..." MS public filing in to look at coffin. "Many a heart is quickened and many eyed dimmed as Marion's most famous native son makes its last journey..." MS as coffin is carried. MS mourners walking along. "Laid to his final rest - lulled to eternal sleep by the hymns of his home choir." Pan across crowds of people at funeral. MS tomb (?) with Guard outside. "May he rest in peace as he rests enshrined in the hearts of his countrymen. Leader - Statesman - Friend" CU portrait of Harding. | |
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