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  • Short Summary

    Various shots of American Army funeral Ceremony in France 1944.

  • Description

    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 look on. Various shots of local people looking on. MS US flag at half mast. CU of soldier with moustache talking to camera (mute). US military band marches through cemetery. Soldiers march out of war cemetery. LS of coffin lowered from half track vehicle.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1895.05
    Media URN:
    72699
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1940 - 1949
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:06:26:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:20:15:00 / 01:26:41:00
    Canister:
    UN 903 C

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    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.

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