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1947 Various News Items 221773-02 | Footage Farm

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[Post-WWII - 1947, Poland:  USA War Dead Honored, 18Oct47; Flowers Placed 01Nov47; Lodz Russian Military Cemetery] 
18Oct47  Catholic Polish church interior w/ priests past choir to front; US soldiers standing w/ bunting behind.
06:08:21  front view to congregation in pews w/ Embassy members:  Ambassador Stanton Griffis (w/ glasses), Mrs Crocker & Mr. Crocker  (?) & Edward Raymond, Embassy Agricultural Attache (per catalog card). 
06:08:43  Polish (?) soldiers, Honor Guard standing.
06:09:05  High angle / HA USA flag draped coffin w/ US Army Honor Guard & choir in front.  View from balcony of service.
06:10:01  Ext w/ soldiers at attention, saluting.  Polish soldiers, flag & officers at attention in square.  Polish & American officers carrying large wreaths w/ ribbons leaving church (?); clergy choir / priests following.
06:11:06  Wreaths loaded on Army truck w/ casket (damaged buildings in bg) & truck leaves.  VIPs at attention, Polish & American officers shake hands, salute.  
06:12:05  Army truck slowly leading other trucks & cars in column thru Warsaw streets, enter cemetery.
06:13:04  01Nov47  People w/ flowers around Powazki military cemetery graves; walking past camera MCUs.
06:13:44  CU sign:  Cmentarz Wojskowy.  Many people entering & leaving, placing chrysanthemums at graves.  Woman reading bible (?) beside grave.
06:14:44  Honor Guard by symbolic tomb w/ flame & flowers.  
06:14:58  Russian military cemetery near Lodz; horse drawn wagons past large marker w/ hammer & sickle & star on top.  Man weeding at base.
Post-WW2; 1940s;
NOTE:  Stanton Griffis, Ambassador in Poland 09Jul47 - 21Apr48.
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