News in Colour: Erskine Childers Funeral
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Section Title
- News in Colour
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: President Childers Funeral. SHOTLIST: TV people queuing in Dublin Castle Yard to pay last respects to their President. TV President’s coffin lying in state in St. Patrick’s Hall, Dublin Castle, people filing by (open coffin). 2 SVs people filing past & crossing themselves. Soldier at guard by coffin head bowed. TV coffins & Ambassadors & VIPs standing behind it paying last respects. FV President lying in coffin. 2 SVs wreaths on wall, flags on wall. GV St. Patrick’s Cathedral. 2 SVs pan Harold Wilson arriving at Cathedral. SV Ted Heath ditto. LV Catholic Archbishop of Dublin & Papal Nuncio arriving. GV crowds outside. BV Mrs Childers with family arriving. SV pan Cathedral spire. LV coffin being carried from Cathedral entrance. LV ditto toward (trailer) gun carriage. SV clergy. GV coffin being put on carriage. SV Mrs Childers and family watching. GV carriage moves off. SV King of Belgium leaving cathedral and shaking hands with Archbishop Buchanan. GV people leaving cathedral. LV Lord Mountbatten shaking hands with Buchanan. SV people leaving cathedral with de Valera, angle shot cathedral. FV marching troops in procession. SV Girl Guides watching. FV Irish Navy marching in procession. SV crowd. SV pan coffin on carriage pan to BV. 2 SVs pan troops in slow march, pan Mrs Childers and family in car in procession. FV Rolls Royce of de Valera. SV pan de Valera in car. WA Church of Derraloassary pan to coffin being taken toward grave. SV Clergy around grave pan to soldiers. SV pan Mrs Childers and family. BV pall bearers folding flag over coffin. SV VIP & Mrs Childers and family round grave. SV coffin being carried over grave. GV VIPs round grave. SV coffin being lowered in grave. GV assembly in graveyard. FV soldiers saluting. BV pan Mrs Childers and family leaving. GV church on hill.
- Local distribution only
- Ireland release only
- Keywords
- Royalty; Organisations; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Death; Ceremonies; Navy; Military; Funerals; Religion and belief; Youth
- Locations
- Dublin
- Card file number
- 74/318
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Length of story (in feet)
- 413
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