News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.

441

Date Released

14 Jun 1915

Length of issue (in feet)

353

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. London Welsh Leaving London For Camp
• 2. Annual Dog Show, Regents Park
• 3. Studdy’s Cartoon Money Talks
• 4. A Contingent From Rhodesia For The Front
• 5. An Indian Rite At Alexandria
• 6. With The Herts Yeomanry
• 7. After the Battle (Carency)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

NoS synopsis: The funeral service of an Indian soldier who has died of wounds, Alexandria, summer 1915. The body, on the seashore at Alexandria, is wrapped in a burial cloth and tended by Indian soldiers. One soldier takes a bucket and pours seawater over the body. According to the caption the body was burnt, but this is not seen.

Keywords

Customs and traditions; Death; Casualties; Military; Funerals

Written sources

Gaumont Graphic Issue Sheets [BUFVC]
Imperial War Museum Collections Online Catalogue   Used for synopsis

Length of story (in feet)

20

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Reuters Archive Licensing: Screen Ocean

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Notes

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