| THE NAVY BOWS IT'S HEAD Crowds line the streets at the funeral procession of Sir John de Robeck, Admiral of the Fleet. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5380 |
| Catalog #: | 243308 | |
| Clip Number: | 243308-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1471 | |
| Timecode: | 02:03:36 - 02:06:27 | |
| Location: | Isle of Wight, Hampshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Military LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Isle Of Wight MILITARY: Navy, British PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Funeral | |
| Description: | The Navy bow's its [sic] head at passing of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John de Robeck, the gallant fighting Admiral of the Dardanelles. Isle of Wight, Hampshire High angle L/S of crowds of people lining the streets as a funeral procession goes by; Naval officers and sailors walk slowly behind the coffin of Sir John de Robeck; some carry wreaths. The procession carries on to a quayside where eight pallbearers carry the coffin onto a ship. They are followed by several officers. Various shots show the ship moving out to sea; L/S of a cannon being fired from the shore. M/S of the coffin on the deck of the ship; pan right to show a sailor with bowed head. In a sequence that must have preceded the above we see various shots of the coffin being carried out of a small church and placed on a wooden cart, as sailors stand to attention with rifles and civilians look on. | |
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