| US HONOUR PASSING OF JAPANESE AMBASSADOR (aka FUNERAL OF JAPANESE AMBASSADOR) The former Japanese Ambassador Ehito Saito's ashes are carried through the streets | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6396 | |
| Catalog #: | 54108 | |
| Clip Number: | 54108-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 39/26 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:47 - 01:13:07 | |
| Location: | Washington D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: Cultural Traditions FUNERALS: Rituals & Traditions INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. MILITARY: Navy, USA | |
| Description: | US HONOUR PASSING OF JAPANESE AMBASSADOR Washington D.C. M/S of the Japanese flag at half mast outside the Japanese embassy in Washington DC (District of Columbia) in the United States of America. MS funeral altar. M/S of a framed photograph of the ambassador Ehito Saito on the altar. M/S of an urn containing his ashes. L/S's of four Japanese dignitaries carrying the the ashes in a small pagoda toward a waiting hearse. Various shots of long procession through the streets of Washington heading towards the harbour. The ashes are transferred to the waiting battleship the 'Astoria'. M/S's of the large gun turrets on the ship. L/S's of the ship leaving for Japan leaving the former ambassador's wife and children behind. | |
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