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1921 FRANCE / USA: Coffin of US Unknown Warrior Leaves Chalons for America.
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April 29, 2026
April 29, 2026
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0:38Now PlayingDate: 31st October 1921
Location: FRANCE, Chalons and Le Havre
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
FRANCE: Chalons-sur-Marne
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Soldiers on duty in roped off area outside City Hall, with crowd filing past coffin in f/g
Le Havre:
SV, LS American sailors carry coffin draped in U.S. flag on board ship.
SV pan American and French officers and dignitaries stand still in respect, facing camera.
CU American and French flags at stern of ship.
Back View Destroyer leaving port, men lined up on deck, U.S. flag flying at half mast at stern of ship. (3 shots).
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