Thomas Hardy Funeral 1928

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Item title reads - Heart of Thomas Hardy laid up to rest among his Wessex folk in Stinsford - his beloved "Mellstock" of the novels. Dorset.

L/S of the church, the camera pans down to the graves below. M/S as the vicar walks along the path carrying a casket, he is followed by mourners, other...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33638
Sort Number:
G 1469
Time in/Out:
01:48:57:00 / 01:50:05:00
Canister:
G 1469
Film ID:
712.32
Issue Date:
19/01/1928

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