URUGUAY: Funeral of Sir Ernest Shackleton at Monte Video (1922)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Funeral of explorer Sir Ernest Shacklenton at Monte Video. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: Funeral of the late Sir Ernest Shackleton The Famous Antarctic Explorer (who died) at South Georgia URUGUAY: Montevideo: SV flag from ship(?) flying at half mast - tilt down to small children. GV the “Quest“ in harbour. SV coffin carried by sailors along gangplank. Large crowd in background. GV flag flying at half mast above statue of government(?) building. SV pan along dignitaries - some in white suits, some in dark, some in military uniform. SV two priests, an officer and three other men walk past. LS elev. cavalry ride past along street. GV elev. shots funeral procession, led by cavalry, through packed crowd. GV coffin on gun carriage about to be lifted off. GV pan over packed crowd. SV man reading from paper surrounded by