In Memory Of Shastri (1966)

Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR / Soviet Union Story about the Soviet Union mourning the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as the body is returned to New Delhi from Tashkent. Russian titles appear to introduce the newsreel. CU. Still portrait of late Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. Zoom out to show the frame of the portrait. GV. and MS of the coffin being carried from building towards waiting gun carriage, Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Alexei Kosygin and Pakistan President Ayub Khan are amongst the bearers. MS. Russian and Indian flags flying from building and lamp posts. VS. of the coffin being taken through the streets of Tashkent to the airport, the coffin is draped in the Indian flag and is placed on a gun carriage pulled by an armoured car which is led by police outriders. Large crowds line the streets. VS. of the ceremonies at the airport, a Soviet guard of honour marches past the coffin and the heads of state and diplomatic staff pay their respec