Herbert Hoover's Funeral (1964)

Unissued / Unused material -



Title reads: "Herbert Hoover. The Nation's Last Tribute". American voiceovered newsreel material.



Washington DC, United States of America (USA).



Funeral ceremony for former American President Herbert Hoover.



VS The flag draped coffin on gun carriage moving along Pennsylvania Avenue towards Capitol building. VS The coffin being carried up steps of Capitol. MS Mrs Ladybird Johnson and President Lyndon Baines Johnson entering Capitol. VS Under the Rotunda the coffin on catalogue and President Johnson lays wreath. Top shot looking directly down from dome of Rotunda. VS People file past coffin to pay homage.



VS Exterior house in Iowa where Hoover was born, flag flying at half mast. VS Burial ceremony in Iowa cemetery.



(Comb.F.G.) Old record suggests that material dates from around 28/10/1964.
FILM ID:3113.21

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