FRANZ FERDINAND'S MEMORIAL CEREMONY [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FRANZ FERDINAND'S MEMORIAL CEREMONY [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1046b
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  • Summary: Hungarian language version of a newsreel on the procession of the coffins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife through the streets of Trieste, Austria, July 1914.
  • Description: A crowd waits at the landing stage as a launch carrying the coffins arrives and they are taken off. A blessing is pronounced over the coffins. The procession winds through the streets of the city. Sailors and soldiers act as escort to the hearses and accompanying carriages. The procession arrives at the cathedral and the coffins are taken inside. (Note the cine-cameraman at work.) The procession returns through the streets.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1046b
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1046b)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1914-07-14
  • Production Country: France Hungary
  • Production Details: Gaumont (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Franz Ferdinand (Archduke) (person) Austro-Hungarian Army (regiment/service) Austro-Hungarian Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, Austro-Hungarian - event-related: funeral (Archduke Franz Ferdinand) (object name) journalism and record, Austro-Hungarian - cameraman (object name) religion, Christianity - ceremonial, Austro-Hungarian (object name) Austria & Trieste (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Hungarian
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 234 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1046b

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