LITERATURES’ LOSS

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

1756

Date Released

19 Jan 1928

Date Other

16 Jan 1928

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1LITERATURES’ LOSS
2. 3LINERS’ GREAT WASH
3. 5BLACKLEGS!

Story

Summary

NfO synopsis: Crowds attend the ceremony as the ashes of Thomas Hardy are laid to rest at Westminster Abbey Poets’ Corner, amid the graves of his fellows. Also in attendance: Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Mr. Ramsey MacDonald, Canon Donaldson, and Mr. Bernard Shaw. Plus a commemoration for Charles Dickens at Finchley on the site of Cobley’s Farm where Lady Tree unveils a tablet.

Keywords

Commemorations; Ceremonies; Funerals; Writers

Written sources

Newsfilm Online

Library number GR

12351

Length of story (in feet)

105

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