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Funeral Gen. Booth

Series

Series Name
Empire News Bulletin

Issue

Issue No.
330
Date Released
27 Jun 1929
Length of issue (in feet)
503
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fashions
  2. 2Ascot Sunday
  3. 3Magna Charta
  4. 4Galveston Beauty Contest
  5. 5Catholic Celebrations
  6. 6Tennis
  7. 7Funeral Gen. Booth

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 7
Summary
NFTVA ‘Silent News Films’ (1965): "The passing of General Booth: many thousands of loyal Salvationists follow their dead leader to his last resting place in Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington." Procession of the Salvation Army standard bearers, their band, men and women in Salvation Army uniform and a Boy Scouts’ contingent. (44 feet) The hearse in the procession and a glimpse of the burial ceremony. (56 feet)
Keywords
Social events; Funerals; Religion and belief
Length of story (in feet)
96

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Film Archive

Name
Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean
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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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