1.
SV PAN POMPIDOU UP STEPS
0.10

2.
LV ZOOM IN TO SV POMPIDOU LAYING WREATH
0.29

3.
GV POMPIDOU STANDING IN FRONT OF TOMBS AS LAST POST IS BEING PLAYED
1.22

4.
LV POMPIDOU WALKS OFF AND INTO BUILDING (2 SHOTS)
1.46



Initials WW/VS/PN/PS



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Background: PRESIDENT GEORGES POMPIDOU OF FRANCE, WHO WAS ON STATE VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES, YESTERDAY (26 FEBRUARY) LAID A WREATH AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, THE RESTING PLACE OF MANY OF THE NATION'S GREAT MILITARY LEADERS.

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY OCCUPIES MORE THAN 400 ACRES (160 HECTARES) ON A SITE IN VIRGINIA ON THE BANKS OF THE POTOMAC, DIRECTLY OPPOSITE WASHINGTON D.C., WHERE M. POMPIDOU LATER HAD MORE TALKS WITH PRESIDENT NIXON AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

AFTER LAYING THE WREATH, THE FRENCH PRESIDENT STOOD AS THE LAST POST WAS PLAYED.