1901 - USA: Primitive Documentary, President McKinley’s Funeral Cortege at Buffalo, New York. 15Sep01

1901 - USA: Primitive Documentary, President McKinley’s Funeral Cortege at Buffalo, New York. 15Sep01 MCU mounted police past camera, precede marching band then infantry slowly past. Trees & people on side of street behind. 11:15:?? Soldiers momentarily disperse (false alarm?) then begin marching again. Army, Navy & Marine corps, West Point & US Naval Academy cadets. Carriages of immediate family precede hearse. Civil War veterans on foot & in carriages followed by mounted police. People on road side watching. 11:17:?? MCU passing empty carriage; mounted police following. Thin crowd watching. Pan from intersection to passing carriage & empty street w/ people lining. 11:18:?? Carriages in heavy rain; in front of City Hall (?) where memorial services were held. Casket carried from hearse & into building during downpour. Police remove some men; crowd of mourners outside in long line approaching on sidewalk. 11:20:?? People leaving building, large portrait of President McKinley hanging above doorway. Presidential Assassination Aftermath; 1900s; Edwin S Porter; James H White; Actuality; Early Cinema; Thomas A. Edison Inc. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.