Ex-President Taft

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) (Most Recent)
Series : Historical Films, compiled ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1937
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1129
Use Restriction(s): Undetermined
Sound Type: Silent
Scope & Content: Part 1, William Howard Taft reviews parading troops at Camp Jackson, S.C., on Jan. 31, 1918. Part 2 shows the funeral of Taft on March 11, 1930. A caisson carries Taft's body from his Washington, D. C., home to the Capitol. Citizens view the body in the Capitol Rotunda. The body is borne by caisson to All Souls Unitarian Church. Shows Taft's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Va.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RD-DC-M), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001
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National Archives Identifier: 24633
Local Identifier: 111-H-1129
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