The funeral of Arthur James Balfour in Whittingehame, Lothlothian, Scotland.
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Short Summary
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Description
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Data
- Film ID:
- 808.34
- Media URN:
- 19560
- Group:
- Pathe newsreels
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 21/11/1929
- Sound:
- sound
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:01:50:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:56:29:00 / 01:58:19:00
- Canister:
- G 1661
Unknown user says
This clip's current date of 1929 is incorrect - this funeral took place on 22 March 1930.
"Lothlothian" on the first line should read East Lothian.
The country church seen is Whittingehame Church.
Unknown user says
Can anyone confirm? The date in our records for this clip's cinema release date is 21st November 1929.
Unknown user says
Confirmation here, (confirmed by many other sources), that Balfour died in March 1930.........
www.number10.gov.uk/past-prim
e-ministers/arthur-james-balfour/
Unknown user says
So we can have confidence that the 1930 date is correct, I've located his original newspaper article from March 1930 containing an obituary to Balfour (upon opening it, you may need to manipulate the article to the left to see the text.........
http://trove.nla.gov.au/nd
p/del/article/22927279