Full title reads: "AT TANNENBERG - Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, late President of the German Republic is laid to rest."
Tannenberg, Germany.
Eight solders placing the coffin of the late German President, Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg on square covered with flowers. Coffin is covered with German flag with large Iron Cross sign on it. Massed troops - representatives of Army, Navy and Air Force surround the coffin. Long German flag is hanging down a building. Dignitaries, foreign statesmen and high rank officers standing close to the coffin. Various shots of Adolf Hitler addressing the gathering from dais. Various shots of the gathering. Start of the funeral procession. Troops marching at the front with flags, solders carrying Von Hindenburg's medals marching in front of the horse drawn funeral cart with coffin on.
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