LITERATURES’ LOSS

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
1756
Date Released
19 Jan 1928
Date Other
16 Jan 1928
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Summary
NfO synopsis: Crowds attend the ceremony as the ashes of Thomas Hardy are laid to rest at Westminster Abbey Poets’ Corner, amid the graves of his fellows. Also in attendance: Mr. Stanley Baldwin, Mr. Ramsey MacDonald, Canon Donaldson, and Mr. Bernard Shaw. Plus a commemoration for Charles Dickens at Finchley on the site of Cobley’s Farm where Lady Tree unveils a tablet.
Keywords
Commemorations; Ceremonies; Funerals; Writers
Written sources
Newsfilm Online
Library number GR
12351
Length of story (in feet)
105
Story extras:
Film clip

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'LITERATURES’ LOSS', Gaumont Graphic Issue No. 1756, 19 Jan 1928. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/386355 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)