Reports: Final tributes to a Great Statesman - The funeral of Sir Austen Chamberlain

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

407A

Date Released

25 Mar 1937

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reports: Amelia Earhart’s flight venture
2. 2Reports: Final tributes to a Great Statesman - The funeral of Sir Austen Chamberlain
3. 3Reports: Circus Wedding
4. 4Reports: Fen floods
5. 5Prodigy
6. 6Rugby
7. 7The Boat Race: Description by Alan Howland
8. 8Names and News: Il Duce
9. 9Names and News: Haile Selassie
10. 10Names and News: King Leopold in Britain
11. 11Names and News: The Duchess of Bedford is missing
12. 12Names and News: The "Normandie"

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 12

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Final tributes to a Great Statesman - the funeral of Sir Austen Chamberlain. SHOTLIST: MS Neville Chamberlain with Mrs Carnegie (widow of Joe Chamberlain). CU Stanley Baldwin with Geoffrey Lloyd. MS Count Grandi (Italian Ambassador) & wife. CU Lord Hailsham. MCU Winston & Clementine Churchill. MCU Anthony Eden. MCU Mr JH Thomas. MCU Lord Willingdon. GV Choir precede coffin from church. MS Pallbearers & coffin. MCU Coffin followed by the widow. GV People into cars.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Death; Censorship; Funerals; Religion and belief

Locations

St Margaret’s; Westminster

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

5249

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

41

Story extras:

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