Dag Hammarskjold’s Funeral (1961)

Sweden. VS. Dag Hammarskjold’s body arrives at Swedish troops march with the coffin through ranks. Relatives in black are waiting. The Coffin then is taken to a church where a service takes place. The Coffin is put on a carriage and taken to the cemetery where under an escort of UN. flags it is lowered into its grave. (F.G.) FILM ID:3044.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.