| Throngs Throngs Pay Homage To Nehru | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1724 |
| Catalog #: | 425250 | |
| Clip Number: | 425250-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-044-02 | |
| Timecode: | 00:18:57 - 00:20:52 | |
| Location: | New Delhi, India | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Cremation FUNERALS: Cultural Traditions FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/ASIA: India, Delhi, New Delhi PERSONALITIES: Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| Description: | A million and a half sorrowing Indians line the streets of New Delhi to bid a tearful farewell to one of the great national heroes Jawaharlal Nehru. His body is borne through the streets on a gun carriage to a funeral pyre on the River Jumna where he is cremated. New Delhi, India Throngs line the streets of India as the funeral slowly makes it way down the street. MS - India's armed forces. MLS - Camera panning the crowd. CUS - An Indian military has his head bent down in sorrow, you see other faces in the frame. MSOH - Nehru laying on a long pillow surrounded by flowers. MS - Nehru's family riding slowly in a convertible MS - Military men carrying Nehru's remains up the stairs and they will lay him down to rest and publicly cremate his body. MS - Lord Mountbatten standing behind a barrier with some other Royals. MCUS - Dean Rusk. MS - Mr. Nehru's daughter and her son. MS - Indian holy men light the fire, the wood is sandalwood laced with incense | |
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