ROBERT KENNEDY FUNERAL Robert F. Kennedy Burial
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	Catalog #:	364718
	Clip Number:	364718-1
	Orginal Film:	68/48
	Timecode:
	Location:	Washington DC
	Year Shot:	1968 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	FUNERALS: State, Kennedy, Robert LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C.
	Description:	Same as catalog # 525039 ROBERT KENNEDY FUNERAL Robert F. Kennedy Burial (Robert Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, RFK) Washington DC Capitol building in distance. Flags in FG. Arlington National Cemetery. CU The eternal flame on President Kennedy's grave. Shot of train bearing the body, from back and side, filmed leaning out window. At side of track a family, boy holding large flag, mom holding baby and dad taking picture as train goes by carrying the body. Other groups of people stand looking or waving. On platform at a station, soldiers hold flags, salute. Big crowd by track. Capitol lit up at night. At cemetery. JFK flame in dark. Pan to the pall bearers bringing Senator Kennedy's body to the grave site. RFK's eldest son Joseph leads pallbearers, They carry coffin around and set it near the grave of JFK. Kennedy family all standing nearby. SV Kennedy's family. The flag is taken off coffin and folded by Col. John Glenn, one of the pallbearers. He hands it to Sen. Edward Kennedy. Edward hands it to Bobby's son Joseph and Joseph gives it to the widow. Ethel Kennedy, the widow goes to the coffin and kneels to pray. The mourners kneel to pray. When Ethel and Joseph rise, the rest do also. Pan as Ethel Kennedy kisses the coffin. She then stands up and her family come up one at a time and kiss the coffin. Then people start moving away. LV As Mrs. Kennedy walks through the mourners. President Johnson speaks to her. The President and Mrs. Johnson then leave and the widow follows them with Senator Edward Kennedy. Assassination; ceremonies.

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