Dead American Soldiers Returned To United States (1947)

Unissued / unused footage - dates and locations may be unknown / unclear. Dead American soldiers are returned to USA. Anvers, France. General view of the farewell ceremony in the Square at Anvers. Angle shot of the spire of the cathedral framed between flags. Spectators watching by the side of the road. Individual C/U shots of American soldiers, sailors and marines (good symbolic shots). Shots of military and civilian spectators present at the ceremony. Could include US ambassador in Belgium Mr Kirk, but not recognised by this cataloguer. US General Lucius Clay lays a wreath on a symbolic coffin. Monseigneur Van Roey blesses the coffin. M/S as US riflemen fire a salute. U.S. Servicemen do a slow march through the streets, escorting the cortege to the harbour. Soldiers carry wreaths in the procession. LS of planes flying in formation overhead. Men in the crowd take their hats off as the procession goes by. The coffin is carried onto the US army ship ’Joseph V Connolly’. The ship