Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad: Nazi Airmen’s Funeral
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 8
- Section Title
- Leslie Mitchell Surveys the War Time Situation at Home and Abroad
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nazi Airmen’s Funeral. DESCRIPTION: At Portobello near Edinburgh two Nazi Airmen, shot down during a raid on the Firth of Forth, are given a military funeral. SHOTLIST: At Portobello, the two German airmen Unter-Offizier Seydel and Flieger Schleicher are buried. Their coffins are borne through the streets wrapped in a Nazi flag. RAF men are present at the funeral and a salute is fired as the coffin is lowered.
- Keywords
- Aviation; Ceremonies; Military; Funerals
- Footage sources
- Gaumont
- Card file number
- 37652
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 49
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