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WWII - 1945, USA, Homefront: Train to Washington, DC & Funeral of President Roosevelt

Reel Number: 220461-10

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1945,1940s

Country: USA

Location: Hyde park, New York,Warm Springs, Georgia,Washington, DC

TC Begins: 07:16:54

TC Ends: 07:22:27

Duration: 00:05:33

WWII - 1945, USA, Homefront: Train to Washington, DC & Funeral of President Roosevelt Intertitle: Funeral Of President Roosevelt. 07:17;00 FDR’s home at Warm Springs. Polio patients mourning as hearse leaves; arriving hearse past military standing at attention at railroad station. FDR’s dog Fala on leash. Train leaves station. 07:17:35 Military standing beside coffin draped w/ US flag aboard train. POV from train past crowds of civilian & military mourners next to train tracks. Train backs into Union Station; awaited by Honor Guard. 07:18:14 Family members; MCU Justice Byrnes, Secretary Wallace, President Truman. Coffin on horse-drawn caisson accompanied by representatives of all military branches. 07:18:31 MS past Black mourners, MCU Black woman waves handkerchief. Army Air Force aircraft overhead. Armed forces marching, aerial view. 07:19:07 Mourners watch from Lafayette Park, CU mourners crying. Procession, various views to White House. 07:20:26 Arrival of casket; carried into White House. MS views of casket in East Room. 07:20:50 Burial ceremonial at Hyde Park, NY family home. Truman & others at attention as coffin lowered. Salute of rifles. Priest & families leave. 07:22:11 Planes flyby. Eleanor Roosevelt. WW2; Animals; Death; Ceremony; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.

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