UPITN – September 1973:

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Funeral Of A Bomb Disposal Expert

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How to cite this film

‘UK Funeral Bomb Expert’, [newsfilm, online], 27 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z017340 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)

Technical Info

Format / Codec: Flash / VP6
Source Format / Codec: MOV
Video Bitrate: 800 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame Size: 640 x 480
Pixels Cropped At Encoding: Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
Reason For Crop: Removal of video noise
Other Edits: Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card

Slug

UK Funeral Bomb Expert

Date

27 Sep 1973

Dateline

Surrey

Script

Funeral of an army bomb disposal expert in Surrey attended by local mayor and guard of honour.

Shotlist

1. ws mounted soldiers in front of landrover drawing coffin on gun carriage
2. mcu coffin on gun carriage
3. ms coffin carried on soldiers’ shoulders pan to mourners marching behind.
4. ms town mayor and mourners
5. cu Bomb Disposal Squad shoulder flash on sergeant’s sleeve
6. ws platoon
8. ms coffin lowered to grave
9. ws mourners approach
10. cu dead officer’s wife zoom out to include the vicar
11. ws Guard of Honour fire salute

Film status

Processing date

27 Sep 1973

Processing location

London

Original film

Colour Positive

Original sound

Optical Sound On Film

Duration

00:01:16:06

Sources

AP Television

NoS ID

z017340

How to cite this record

'Funeral Of A Bomb Disposal Expert', 27 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z017340 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)