Cemeteries Footage - WPA Film Library

Cemeteries

BOY SCOUTS VISIT GRAVE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT 6000 boy scouts visit the grave of Theodore Roosevelt and Scout Commissioner Dan Beard lays a wreath in honour of h

New NATO Chief: Gen. Ridgway Revisits Normandy on D-Day.

Edinburgh Graveyard

Grey Friar's Bobby's Grave

Taps: General Of The Army Douglas Buried in Norfolk Memorial

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY Veterans return to Normandy to mark the 25th anniversary of the D-day landings.

In Memoriam: War Dead of Anzio Beachhead Honored.

Scenics on way to Iverness

Cemetery on way to Iverness

Graves at Cemetery

Rural Haiti Graveyard

This Is Our Way

Viking Graveyard with Sheep

Cemeteries in Belgium with WWI Soldiers' Graves

Cemeteries: Pet cemetery

World Mourns Jan Christian Smuts

Old Tombstones of the Southwest

War Hero Cemetery

Los Angeles Buildings

Ghost Towns

Cemeteries in Belgium with WWI Soldiers' Graves

Western Front Scenes.

News in Brief: Pearl Harbor Day

UN Forces Grimly Hold On To Their Beachhead

DEDICATION OF MAUSOLEUM TO FALLEN BELGIAN HEROES Soldiers attend ceremony of dedication of mausoleum to fallen Belgian heroes.

John Foster Dulles Gets Hero's Farewell

News in Brief: Germans Commemorate Anti-red Uprising

Twenty-five Years Ago

Veterans Day Observances At Arlington National Cemetary

FDR Honors Admiral Yarnell

Film Pioneer Honored - David Wark Griffith

The Magic of Madison County

US ARMY CAMP - FAR EAST American army camp in the jungle - wounded and dead.

NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL (long version) Soldiers from New Zealand are remembered at a war cemetery in Messines.

FUNERAL OF US WOMAN OFFICER Funeral ceremony for unidentified American and British women military officers.

MEMORIAL TO PEARLY KING Statue to the first Pearly King is unveiled at St. Pancras Cemetery, London.

EX-SERVICEMEN OF 9 NATIONS Ceremony at Arlington Cemetery in memory of war dead.

“TO THOSE WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE” Memorial to people who died at sea during Fir

THE GALLANT 49TH Major General Percival unveils a War Memorial in Ypres.

OLD COMRADES REMEMBER Veterans of the two world wars visit tombs of their comrades in Holland and Belgium.

ROOSEVELT SPEAKS ON ARMISTICE DAY FDR makes speech on Armistice Day memorial service at Arlington Cemetery in Washington.

DICKENS ANNIVERSARY Party of elderly gents and women carry a wreath to the grave of Charles Dickens.

BRITISH CEMETERY - ATHENS Greek and British clergymen conduct service to bless British military cemetery in Athens.

PILGRIMAGE TO ARNHEM Relatives visit graves of the men killed in Arnhem.

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY Veterans return to Normandy to mark the 25th anniversary of the D-day landings.

FRENCH WAR GRAVES IN ITALY General Alphonse Juin inaugurates French war cemetery in Napoli.

KING FAROUK LEADS CAIRO PAGEANTRY King Farouk watches the Military parade inside Cairo's Citadel.

RETURN TO ARROMANCHES Wartime veterans pay their respects at memorial to D-Day comrades.

FRANCE'S FINEST HOUR France celebrates 35th anniversary of Verdun.

WAR GRAVES WWI War Graves at Passchendaele

DIG THAT GHOST A haunted public house is shown to the cameras in Amersham.

COMMONWEALTH FALLEN REMEMBERED Field Marshal, Lord Alexander unveils Cassino memorial.

CHURCHILL VISITS ROOSEVELT'S GRAVE Winston Churchill visits grave of F. D. Roosevelt on first anniversary of his death.

GENERAL VIEW OF CYPRUS Military cemetery, grave of Sergeant shot by terrorist, gateway of Government House.

HIROHITO CONFESSES WAR LOSS Emperor Hirohito goes to tomb of his father Yoshihito to confess war loss. Japan.

TILFORD VILLAGE The village of Tilford in Surrey holds a Bach Festival every year.

D-DAY ANNIVERSARY - NORMANDY Memorial service for second anniversary of D-day in Normandy.

BOY SCOUTS MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO TOMB OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT American Boy Scouts honour the memory of Theodore Roosevelt.

THE GATE TO THE BROADS - NORWICH A little travelogue shows us the sights of the city of Norwich.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 65) A cemetery for birds in Brunn, Moravia

HONOUR TO THE LITTLE LADY OF THE LAMP A group of Dutch nurses visit the tomb of Florence Nightingale and lay a wreath.

EMBLEMS OF SYMPATHY Michael Collins brother and sister view his grave

PILGRIMAGE AFTER THE POLL Anti-Treaty Republicans pay respects at the grave of Wolfe Tone, Bodenstown, Ireland.

THE LATE MIKADO Preparations are made for the building of a mausoleum for Emperor Yoshihito.

BURMA DEATH RAILWAY Material showing the 'Railway of Death' constructed by allied prisoners of war. Burma.

AUSTRALIAN RESORT OF COWRA A short portrait of the tourist town of Cowra and its thriving farming economy.

THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF PRESIDENT KENNEDYS DEATH

TUNISIA Scenes from Tunisia

WAR GRAVES IN FRANCE Various shots of war graves in France. RAF men lay a wreath at a War memorial.

THEIR NAMES CUT DEEP & CLEAR! The Prince of Wales opens a war memorial, he speak

FRANCE’S TRIBUTE TO LORD HAIG France pays several tributes to British war leader

THE HOLY ISLAND A visit to the Inner Hebrides island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland.

THE QUEEN MOTHER AT DUNKIRK Queen Mother unveils memorial at Dunkirk, France.

NATION PAYS LAST TRIBUTE TO COOLIDGE Funeral of Calvin Coolidge

DOUAUMONT WAR CEMETERY & MEMORIAL Shots of white painted war graves and a war memorial

PRESIDENT HOOVER Hoover Speaks & Scouts put Flags on Veterans' Graves

KELLOGG VISITS BRIAND'S TOMB Frank Kellogg pays a visit to the tomb of his old colleague

Lest We Forget, Nation Pauses to Honor Heroes

Baraka-Pt. 1 Pan and Scan

Combat: The Constant Reality - Military Funeral

Voodoo Cemetery

Remembrance Ceremony - Normandy Beach

Cemetery Vandals

Cemetery

FUNERAL CEREMONY Various shots of American Army funeral Ceremony in France 1944.

INVASION SCENES - EUROPE :BRITISH TROOPS Footage of British troops in Europe.

INVASION SCENES EUROPE Allied troops advancing through Germany.

FUNERAL CEREMONY French civilians and Scottish troops attend service at war cemetery.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? No. 2 Unusual things from around the world including Liverpool's Pet Cemetery.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 41) A church steeple in a graveyard

US GRAVEYARD - GERMAN GRAVEYARD American graveyard, British troops camp, German graveyard, bombed town.

DOUAUMONT WAR CEMETERY & MEMORIAL Shots of white painted war graves and a war memorial

NATION PAYS LAST TRIBUTE TO COOLIDGE Funeral of Calvin Coolidge

YPRES MEMORIAL SERVICE British troops hold memorial service at Ypres memorial.

NEW ZEALAND MEMORIAL (short version) A memorial to soldiers from New Zealand is unveiled in a World War One cemetery.

D-DAY PLUS SIX YEARS. D-day Anniversary Ceremony at Arromanches and Bayeux.

GENERAL MICHAEL COLLINS General Michael Collins at the graveside of of Mr Arthur Griffith

FUNERAL W.P. HARTLEY The funeral of Sir W.P. Hartley

FOR REMEMBRANCE (CUTS) New Zealand rugby team visit places where their team mates fought during the war, Belgium.

MURDER MILL AT HADAMAR Graveside autopsy of killed patients of mental hospital in Hadamar - highly disturbing.

Lee Harvey Oswald Grave

AUSTRALIAN WAR BRIDES FOR US Australian newsreel item about war brides destined for new lives in USA.

Operation Dewey Canyon III - Vietnam War Protest / Memorial

CHERRY BLOSSOM TREES ON THE MAIN ROAD OF AOYAM CEMETERY

Vietcong Cemetery

TROOPS' GRAVES

MEMORIAL De Gaulle at memorial & damaged German cemetery.

FUNERAL Funeral of Ordinary Person in Britain

Old Cemetary

WAR CEMETERY FRANCE Aerial views of large First World War military cemetery in France.

PRESIDENT HOOVER Hoover Speaks & Scouts put Flags on Veterans' Graves

WAR CEMETERY FRANCE Aerial views of large First World War military cemetery in France.

KELLOGG VISITS BRIAND'S TOMB Frank Kellogg pays a visit to the tomb of his old colleague

Time Lapse Rural Cemetery

BURYING THE DEAD US soldiers attend burial service in French field.

RESPECTS PAID TO THE DEAD US officers, soldiers and civilians attend service at US Military Cemetery in Cambridge.

Fast Motion Dolly Shot of Cemetery

Goat Herd Grazing in Graveyard

A Nation Remembers - JFK Memorial

The Warren Commission Report

Arlington National Cemetery

PEOPLE AT WAR GRAVES Officers and civilians visit war graves on the side of a hill and pay their respects.

COMMEMORATION DAY: DECORATING AMERICAN GRAVES loving hands decorates the graves of American fallen.

FIELD OF REMEMBRANCE - OPENING SERVICE OF DEDICATION

Arlington National Cemetery

TIANANMEN SQUARE Area – Mao Zedong Mausoleum Exterior

Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery

HERE AND THERE Gravestone of the man that conceived the Two Minutes Silence - Edward George Honey.

HOSPITAL AND PETS home of the late Edith Walker which is now a hospital

Robert F. Kennedy gravesite

Trinity Church & Grounds

D-DAY FALLEN REMEMBERED (aka BAYEUX COMMONWEALTH WAR MEMORIAL UNVEILED) Duke of Gloucester unveils the new Commonwealth war memorial at Bayeux.

ITALY - DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TOURS WAR GRAVES The Duke of Gloucester visits British War Cemeteries in Anzio and Montecassino, Italy.

Operation Dewey Canyon III - Vietnam War Protest / Memorial

Mummified baby called Angelito

Arlington National Cemetery

Rural Haiti Graveyard with offerings left on grave

Arlington National Cemetery

FRANCE Bayeux Cathedral and War Graves

WAR GRAVE CEREMONY Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Bernhard attend memorial service at Dutch war cemetery.

Arlington Nation Cemetery

H.M.S. DORSETSHIRE The King's Colour is removed from H.M.S. Dorsetshire to show it has completed its commission in Simonstown, South Africa.

Arlington National Cemetery

GRACE DARLING BOAT The boat Grace Darling used for her heroic rescue is put in a museum in her hometown of Bamburgh, Northumberland.

CHILDE OF HALE A look at the village of Hale and grave of John Middleton who was nine feet three inches tall.

Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery

SOLDIERS AR COMRADES GRAVE

Cemetery

GERMAN RIOTS REMEMBERED Berliners mourn deaths of their comrades killed in last year's riots against Russians.

Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery

NORTHERN FRANCE SCENES Omaha Beach Memorial and Cemetery

FOR REMEMBRANCE New Zealand rugby team visit places where their team mates fought during the war, Belgium.

BRITISH LEGION VISITS BAYEUX British ex-servicemen and families visits relics and beaches of the War.

Robert F. Kennedy gravesite

The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery

PRINCESS GOES TO WASHINGTON Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon visit Washington.

EL ALAMEIN : 12 YEARS AFTER Field Marshal Montgomery unveils memorial to Commonwealth soldiers killed in Middle East.

TWO UNKNOWN WARRIOR BROUGHT TO REST AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

HOFFMAN'S SHAKESPEARE THEORY TESTED Opening of the tomb of Sir Thomas Walsingham in a search for Shakespearean manuscripts.

TUNISIA Scenes from Tunisia

Entrance to Arlington National Cemetery

Cowboys & Misc

Robert F. Kennedy gravesite

Funeral Procession for WWI Unknown Soldier

COUNTY OF FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE A look around Romsey in Hampshire, birthplace of nurse Florence Nightingale.

Arlington National Cemetery

GERMAN RIOTS REMEMBERED Berliners mourn deaths of their comrades killed in last year's riots against Russians.

PALESTINE BOMB VICTIMS' FUNERAL The funerals of three of the victims of the bomb at Officers Club takes place in Palestine.

Funeral of General Walton H. Walker, 8th Army

Arlington National Cemetery

WARENFORD MEMORIAL UNVEILED Warenford Memorial unveiled by Lord Derby

President Kennedy gravesite and eternal flame

Trinity Church & Grounds

Washington DC Stock Shots 3 - Arlington National Cemetery

Trinity Church & Grounds

Arlington National Cemetery

HANOI HEARS OF CEASE FIRE IN INDOCHINA Buddhists & Catholics, French military & civilian citizens (2 young children) at graves.

DUKE OF GLOUCESTER IN FLORENCE VISITS WAR CEMETERY

Arlington National Cemetery

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS - MARIE BESNARD ACCUSED OF 12 MURDERS

GARDENERS MEMORIAL Memorial to a gardener in Lambeth Parish

Arlington National Cemetery

VERDUN MEMORIAL CEREMONY A memorial ceremony is held at war cemetery in Verdun, France.

WAR GRAVES WWI War Graves at Passchendaele

President Kennedy gravesite and eternal flame

Arlington National Cemetery

LLWYNPAI COLLIERY DISASTER Massive crowds gather to pay their respects at the fu

PARIS IN MOURNING Massive funeral procession of 8 people killed in Place de la Bastille riots against the OAS.

Historical Boothill Graveyard

Grant's Tomb

Arlington National Cemetery

ARNHEM - PILGRIMAGE BY BRITISH ORPHANS 75 British war orphans visit their fathers' graves in Arnhem, Holland.

Trinity Church & Grounds

President Kennedy gravesite and eternal flame

CREW OF THE H.MS GLASGOW VISIT POLAND Crew of HMS Glasgow visit Poland to lay wreaths at British war graves.

BERLIN WALL East German workers clear areas which border on to the Berlin Wall.