WAR DEAD SHIPPED ON THE SS CONNOLLY FROM ANTWERP, BELGIUM Part 1

Description

Summary: Gen Lucius D Clay making a speech at ceremony in Antwerp. Unidentified Belgian dignitary speaking at ceremony. HS, ceremony in the main square of the city. Crowds of people and Honor Guard from representative countries assembled in square. Coffin is draped with American flag and covered with wreaths. An unidentified prelate makes the invocation and an Honor Guard fires a salute. US, British, and Belgian Honor Guard follow the flag-draped coffin through the streets. Gen Clay and other dignitaries in the procession. The coffin is placed aboard the SS Connolly. A tug helps to pull the ship out to mid-stream and the transport carrying the cargo of war dead leaves the harbor.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities