Funeral Of President Zapotocky (1957)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Funeral of President Zapotocky. Prague in Czechoslovakia. GV Statue of horseman seen through sheets of flames. CU Cluster of gas lamps. GV Evening shot of bridge. Various shots of large queue of people waiting to enter castle. MS Flag at half mast. GV Room in which president lies in state. CU Crowd of Czechoslovakians walking slowly passed camera. LS Over crowd, of Antonin Zapotocky lying in coffin. CU President’s body lying in open coffin. Panning shot of heaps of wreaths and flowers. GV Coffin with star at its head. GV Leaders of the Czech Communist party and Presidents wife Madame Marie Zapotocky standing behind the coffin, pan to close up. CU Crowd filing passed. GV Spanish Hall of Prague Castle, in which the body is laid. CU Candelabra. Various shots of President’s wife, seated with her back to camera, shaking hands with mourners. High angle shot looking down onto the coffin. Various shots of mourners seated. MS Steel helmete