President Wilson - Funeral (1924)

United States of America (aka USA). Title: “AMERICA MOURNS - Dr. Woodrow Wilson - 28th President - Scholar - Statesman & champion of the League of Nations“. M/S of soldiers saluting outside a grand house, pall bearers carry the ex-President’s coffin down the garden path, in the background press photographers stand on a wall taking pictures. High angled shot of the coffin bearers loading the coffin into the back of a hearse. M/S of Mrs. McAdoo (Wilson’s daughter), in a black veil, being escorted out of the house by a young man, they get into a chauffeur driven car. M/S of the funeral cortege moving slowly down a crowd lined street, soldiers march alongside the hearse. Most of the screen irises in to black with a large graphic of funeral wreath, the image is in the bottom right corner. M/S of the funeral procession, the image is cropped into a circle. L/S of a cathedral. High angled shot of the coffin being taken out of the hearse and carried into a church, a crowd of mourners watch. M/S of th