POLITICS: General Sikorski lies in state at Polish London headquarters (1943)
BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Body of Polish leader, General Wladyslaw Sikorski, being brought to England from Gibraltar and lying in state at Polish London headquarters.
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SLATE INFORMATION: Gen. Sikorski Lies in State
ENGLAND: Plymouth:
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Polish destroyer arriving
Polish flag at half mast
Coffin of General Wladyslaw Sikorski (Prime Minister of Poland - killed in air crash) on deck with Naval Guard of Honour
Military officials waiting
Military officials waiting showing new Polish Commander-in-Chief Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Various of coffin being lifted from deck
Polish sailors at present arms
Close shot of Kazimierz Sosnkowski
Coffin on gun carriage and Polish sailors walking alongside
Coffin on gun carriage Pan to Sosnkowski and others walking behind
FILE: DATE UNKNOWN
Gibraltar:
Various of General Wladyslaw Sikorski inspecting Pol