Report Bereavement (1970)

Location Unspecified Unedited material. Camera follows a funeral cortege as it passes behind a hedge and along a country road lined with cars. Several mourners look on. The car which carries the coffin stops close to the camera. C, U on faces of some of the mourners. The coffin is removed from the car. C, U of one of the pallbearers and other mourners. Two clergymen approach the mourners. Mourners are helped from a car (presumably the close family. ) The coffin is wheeled along the church path. Mourners follow behind. The procession is seen from behind. It looks to be a small country church. Camera zooms in to the name plate on the coffin (not readable on this Steenbeck. ) Churchyard. The funeral party emerges around the corner, walking very slowly through the churchyard. The coffin is carried by several men. C, U of family members. Coffin is lowered into the grave. C, U of nameplate. Vicar recites a sermon (no sound. ) C, U of hand holding some earth. Elderly mourners stand around the grav