Murdered Officers Borne To England (1920)
Dublin, Ireland. Intertitle: The MURDERED OFFICERS with full Naval and Military Honours the bodies were borne through the Irish Capital embarked on the Destroyer Sea Wolf . M, S of soldiers and a cart carrying Union Jack draped coffin onto the Sea Wolf, travelling from Ireland to England, pan to soldiers and sailors standing to attention as the cart passes. M, S of officers and soldiers, all wearing black armbands, saluting. L, S of pall bearers lifting a flag draped coffin off the cart, several rows of troops watch, all with their heads respectfully bowed. Panning shot over the heads of a crowd, all the men simultaneously remove their hats. L, S of the funeral cortege passing the crowd. Various high angled shots of the cortege the coffins are given full military escort pipers, horses, policemen and battalions of soldiers with rifles pointing to the ground. More shots of the heads of the dense crowd paying respects to the murdered officers. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ.
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