• Short Summary

    Large funeral parade for Gypsy Lee held in Farnborough.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "Farnborough, Kent. As Befits a Romany Queen. 82 year old Gypsy Lee, who died as she foretold, has a royal funeral."

    Farnborough, Kent.

    Funeral parade for 'Queen of the Kent Gypsies' is led by horse drawn carriage piled with floral tributes. (Mrs Levi Boswell was Gypsy Lee's real name). Lots of people line the route and many mourners walk behind the coffin. MS of some mourners as the wait to enter the Church Yard. Pan across large number of people gathered for funeral.

    N.B. Gypsy Lee foretold the place and time of her death - fulfilling her destiny as a renowned fortune teller.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    705.07
    Media URN:
    6136
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    01/05/1933
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:52:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:10:28:00 / 01:12:20:00
    Canister:
    33/35

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