Exhumation Of Us Airmen In Moravia (1946)

Unissued / unused material. Exhumation of US Airmen near Slavincin, Eastern Moravia - Bodies of American Airmen shot down over Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic) during the war, are exhumed and handed over to the U.S. Army for reburial in the USA. Panning shot countryside, pan to crowds around a church. Pan from church to flower covered graves. M/S coffins covered in American flags. M/S local women watching ceremony. M/S US airmen watching. C/U coffin. M/S Czech soldiers drilling. Various shots coffins being towed behind US army trucks, as they pass crowds people throw flowers onto the coffins. Various shots large procession of civilians and soldiers following coffins as they pass through town. Date given on old record is 19/09/1946. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT Brit