The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Funeral of Prince Nicholas of Greece

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

454A

Date Released

17 Feb 1938

Date submitted

16 Feb 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Japanese occupy Tsingtao again
2. 2The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Singapore defences tested
3. 3The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: America’s Naval Policy
4. 4The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Australian Celebrations continued
5. 5The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Dr Schuschnigg yields to Hitler
6. 6The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Gales, Snow and "Walrus" aground
7. 7The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Leviathan in the Forth
8. 8The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Funeral of Prince Nicholas of Greece
9. 9Aviation: New ‘birdman’ makes debut and "Crack-up" Frakes crashes fiftieth plane
10. 10Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Ishbel MacDonald and her fiancé
11. 11Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Gracie Fields and her investiture
12. 12Sports Page: Ice Hockey in Prague
13. 13Sports Page: Sail Skating
14. 14Sports Page: Ice Yachting in Wisconsin
15. 15Sports Page: Silver Skates Contest

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 15

Section Title

The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Funeral of Prince Nickolas. SHOTLIST: Foreign royalty gather at the impressive funeral of Prince Nickolas of Greece. The coffin is carried to the gun carriage by Evzones who form the guard of honour on the journey through the streets to the Dekelia Tomb.

Keywords

Royalty; Buildings and structures; Aristocracy; Death; Ceremonies; Military; Funerals

Footage sources

Germany

Card file number

32618

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

31

Story extras:

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