Funeral of American cinematographer James B.McCreary in Prague

  Authors

(:unav) Unknown author

  Item identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12801/3900701-01

 Date issued

1919

 Type

clip, video

 Language(s)

Nolinguistic content

 Description

The segment captures the funeral of YMCA Secretary James B. McCreary, who died in a tragic accident on 7 July 1919 while recording an attempt to fly under the Railway Bridge in Prague. During the attempt, the plane went off course and crashed into the boat from which McCreary was filming the event. The funeral procession of American soldiers and Czechoslovak legionnaires emerges from the building of the military hospital on Charles Square (a former Jesuit residence hall) and continues along Ječná Street. A view of the coffin draped in an American flag and a crowd of mourners in the streets of Prague´s New Town.

 Publisher

Národní filmový archiv

 Subject(s)

pohřeb vojenský akt pietní rakev zahalená vlajkou americkou vojáci američtí na pohřbu legionáři českoslovenští na pohřbu vůz pohřební tažený koňmi průvod pohřební prapor vojenský věnce smuteční vlajka americká Významné pohřby Places::Praha::Nové Město::Karlovo náměstí::nemocnice::bývalá jezuitská kolej Places::Praha::Nové Město::Ječná Places::Praha::Žižkov::Olšanské hřbitovy

 Collection(s)

Memorable Funerals

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