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The End of Richthofen

Series

Series Name
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
349-2
Date Released
6 May 1918
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The End of Richthofen
  2. 2At the Hampstead Orthopaedic Hospital
  3. 3The Mole Men
  4. 4After the Great German Defeat

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "How the British buried their famous enemy air warrior in France." The wrecked aircraft. Army officers carry coffin to lorry. Coffin laid by graveside while Australian troops take up positions. Burial service. Coffin lowered into grave and troops fire a volley into the air.
Keywords
Military; Funerals
Credits:
Camera
John Benjamin McDowell
Length of story (in feet)
140

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
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