| TWO UNKNOWN WARRIOR BROUGHT TO REST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8656 | |
| Catalog #: | 25954 | |
| Clip Number: | 25954-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3097 F | |
| Timecode: | 01:07:34 - 01:09:13 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEMETERIES: Military CEREMONIES: Honors, Military, Congressional Medal Of Honor FUNERALS: Military FUNERALS: Unknown Soldiers LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS: Unknown Soldier PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) | |
| Description: | TWO UNKNOWN WARRIORS BROUGHT TO REST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY. REPRESENTING 1939-45 AND KOREAN WARS Washington DC, United States of America (USA). LS motor cycles escorting two coffins to cemetery. LS crowds. LS coffins on gun carriages draped with US flag, people walking at the side. LS servicemen lined up, pan to coffin on gun carriage. Big general view panning shot of crowds. MS crowds. Various shots coffins with President Dwight Eisenhower (Ike) in the background. LS crowds. MS President Eisenhower walking forward to speak into microphone. "On behalf of a grateful people I now present Medals of Honor to these two unknowns who gave their lives for the United States of America." Eisenhower places the nation's highest military award upon each of the unknown servicemen's coffins. MS coffin. MS crowds. CU Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (unidentified casualty from World War 1). LS coffin being carried to rest beside the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. LS bearers lifting flag from coffins, pan to President Eisenhower standing to attention. LS bearers standing to attention holding flag over coffins. | |
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