Us Honour Passing Of Japanese Ambassador Aka Funeral Of Japanese Ambassador (1939)

Full titles read: “US HONOUR PASSING OF JAPANESE AMBASSADOR“ M/S of the Japanese flag at half mast outside the Japanese embassy in Washington DC (District of Columbia) in the United States of America. M/S of a framed photograph of the ambassador Ehito Saito. M/S of an urn containing his ashes. L/S’s of Japanese of four Japanese dignitaries carrying the the ashes in a ceremonial container toward a waiting hearse. Various shots of long procession through the streets of Washington heading towards the harbour. The ashes are transferred to the waiting battleship the ’Astoria’. M/S’s of the large gun turrets on the ship. L/S’s of the ship leaving for Japan leaving the former ambassadors wife and children behind. FILM ID: 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