Village Funeral for Mr Edgar Wallace

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

143

Date Released

29 Feb 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Irish Sweepstake is Nearly Won
2. 2Arsenal Overcome Yorkshire Rivals
3. 3Village Funeral for Mr Edgar Wallace
4. 4Oxford Athletes Compete for Blues
5. 5First Pictures of Japanese Thrust at Shanghai

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Village Funeral for Mr Edgar Wallace. DESCRIPTION: Much mourned playwright is buried at Little Marlow in ceremony attended by Stage and Turf. SHOTLIST: Elevated shot of funeral procession along road. Crowds line streets. Elevated shot of pall bearers going into church. Relatives and friends stand outside. Amongst them is Prince Monolulu. Long shot of church. People enter church. Close shot of wreaths.

Keywords

Sport; Buildings and structures; Arts and crafts; Death; Funerals; Writers

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Movietone

Card file number

1687

Length of story (in feet)

73

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