GAUMONT GRAPHIC 441 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: GAUMONT GRAPHIC 441 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-03g
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on the funeral service of an Indian soldier who has died of wounds, Alexandria, summer 1915.
  • Description: The body, on the seashore at Alexandria, is wrapped in a burial cloth and tended by Indian soldiers. One soldier takes a bucket and pours seawater over the body. According to the caption the body was burnt, but this is not seen.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1061-03g
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1061-03g)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: casualties, Indian dead [disposal] (object name) religion, Hinduism - military, Indian (object name) 31/3(621) (event) Egypt & Alexandria area (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 23 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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