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1934 - Europe Mourns Slain Leaders (French Foreign Minister Jean Louis Barthou; King Alexander of Yugoslavia)

Reel Number: 250032-75

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1934

Country: France,Yugoslavia

Location:

TC Begins: 15:27:34

TC Ends: 15:29:12

Duration: 00:01:38

1934 - Europe Mourns Slain Leaders (French Foreign Minister Jean Louis Barthou; King Alexander of Yugoslavia) 15:27:42 SOF. LS funeral cortege, civilian & military VIPs marching behind caisson w/ French flag draped past sidewalks lined w/ spectators & held back by police. Under iron gate into ??? 15:28:17 Naval gunboat arriving, military lining dock. Casket on shipboard. MCU civilian & military VIPs on dock; LS over heads of onlooking VIPs as casket carried on ship’s deck & down. Men in ?? formal uniforms; others w/ rifles over shoulders held by barrels.\ 15:28:53 Four ships w/ sailors lining deck; casket carried up stairs. Greek Orthodox priests, MCU. 15:29:03 Casket on large monumental bier w/ wreaths around. Assassinations; 09Oct34; Honors; Royalty; Diplomats; NOTE: Jean Louis Barthou was w/ King Alexander I of Yugoslavia in Marseille when Alexander was assassinated. Barthou bled to death from his wound.

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