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1934 ENGLAND / FRANCE: Body of assassinated Yugoslav Monarch leaves France/ Prince Peter (now King)
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2:37Now PlayingDate: 14th October 1934
Location: MARSEILLES, FRANCE LONDON, ENGLAND DOVER, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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Marseilles, France: Gen. view of Marseilles Prefecture Cars towards. CU. of Clock. Top view of procession towards with policemen on cycles around car. Top view of procession round bend with escort. Semi view of Queen Marie and Pres Lebrun towards. Long view of coffin being carried towards ship. Top view of coffin being carried on to boat. Long view of Queen Marie boarding battleship. Semi view pan. of ministers on ship. CU. of Queen Marie crossing heart. Semi view pan. of Lebrun walking to coffin and bowing. CU. of Queen Marie off boat & down steps. CU. of Queen & Pres Lebrun past.
Sound Effects: Off-stage voice talks about King Alexander tragi Assassination & describes the coffin being blessed by the Greek Orthodox Patriarch. Off-stage voice describes Queen staying on ship till time to cast away & mention paying his last respects to the dead King. Off-stage band plays the Death of a Hero...Gen traffic noise...
England: Boy King Peter of Yugoslavia, returns to Yugoslavia with Dowager Queen Marie after assassination of Queen Marie. London, England Gen. view of crowd outside building. CU. of Queen Marie (Dowager) & Boy King Peter walking down steps of building. Top view of car away past crowd. Semi view of King Peter & Dowager Queen Marie walking to boat. CU. of King Peter & Queen Marie facing camera & walking past. Gen. view of ship leaving.
Sound Effects: Off-stage voice talks about Boy King Peter, leaving for Belgrade with his grandmother, Dowager Queen Marie of Roumania. Off-stage voice says that the Boy king has not yet been told of his father's assassination as the Queen wants to tell him herself.
ENGLAND: King Peter & Queen Marie Dowager Queen Marie leave for Paris. DOVER, ENGLAND CU. of King Peter and Queen Marie past. Long view of Queen Marie & King Peter boarding ship. Gen. back view of ship leaving.
Sound Effects: Off-stage voice says that King Peter has not yet been told of his father's assassination as it is his mother's wish to tell him the cruel new herself...
Royalty; King Alexander I of Yugoslavia (1921-1934), Queen Marie of Yugoslavia (1900-1961), King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1923-1970, reigned 1934-1945), Ceremonies - Funerary
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