Funeral Ceremony 1940-1949

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Unused / unissued material. - Location and dates unknown / unclear.

France, 1944.

Various shots of American Army funeral Ceremony. Troops march to cemetery. Coffin draped with Stars and Stripes flag is lowered into the grave. Shots of coffin being carried to grave. Military chaplains...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
72699
Sort Number:
UN 0903 C
Time in/Out:
01:20:15:00 / 01:26:41:00
Canister:
UN 903 C
Film ID:
1895.05
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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  • Reducing this clip's current date range of 1940-49, at the outset of the clip the side of an army vehicle is used as a makeshift clapperboard, and shows the filming to be from the year 1944.

    jamied 3rd Apr 2013

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