Nasser Funeral

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2157A

Date Released

8 Oct 1970

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Nasser Funeral. DESCRIPTION: Millions of mourners create unprecedented scenes in Cairo at the funeral of President Nasser. More than forty people are known to have died in the crush. SHOTLIST: TV pan masses of people in streets. Angle shot pan crowds on balconies of flats. GV hysterical crowds in streets. GV banner bearing Nasser’s picture. LV pan mourners walking behind coffin. SV official Arab mourners. SV & LV gun carriage bearing coffin being pulled through crowd. CU pan crowds along route waving. SCU women weeping. SV 2 shots official Arab mourner walks towards camera. LV Archbishop Makarios & party walking towards. LV gun carriage on route. CU 2 shots mourners in crowd. TV masses of people. SV pan soldier carrying collapsed man. TV pan masses of people around long procession.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Death; Ceremonies; Accidents and disasters; Military; Funerals; Religion and belief

Locations

Egypt; Cairo

Footage sources

France

Card file number

96427

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

102

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