Sean Lemass Funeral
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Sean Lemass. DESCRIPTION: The former Prime Minister of Eire, Mr Sean Lemass is buried in Dublin. SHOTLIST: Church of the Good Shepherd. SV crowd and military police. LV President de Valera leaving church. LV military police carry coffin. GV guard of honour. STV coffin carried to gun carriage. CTV ditto. SV Sean Lemass’ son kisses hand of bishop - other bishop shakes hands with Mrs Lemass & son. LV Irish troops with rifles reversed proceed gun carriage. Gun carriage and coffin forward. LV procession enters Dean’s Grange cemetery. CU coffin on carriage. Mrs Lemass with relatives. SV pall bearers lower coffin. CU pan. PM Patrick Lynch - pan to Mrs Lynch, SV priest blesses coffin. CU soldier. SV gun salute over grave.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Funerals
- Locations
- Dublin; Republic of Ireland
- Card file number
- 97086
- Credits:
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- Camera
- George Fleishchmann
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 102
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