Peerless Jim (1925)

Item title reads - Peerless “Jim“. Large crowds at passing of late Jim Driscoll - boxer and gentleman. Cardiff, Wales. Clergymen emerge from the church followed by pall bearers carrying the coffin, which is draped in a Union Jack with flowers on the top. Large crowds surround the church as they head off. L/S of mourners walking through the street while crowds stand at the side, children holding floral tributes follow and a military band plays. Men on horses follow pulling a gun carriage, pall bearers carry the coffin behind. Intertitle - ’Loving arms insisted on bearing him on the last journey.’ M/S as pall bearers carry the coffin along and more mourners follow, we see them parading down the street. M/S of the coffin outside the church where soldiers do a military salute. Altar boys emerge from the church followed by clergymen. M/S of a carriage carrying floral tributes followed by mourners in other carriages, people walk behind. M/S of the flowers. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH