Fire Victims Laid to Rest (CH2, Vol 11 #245)

Silent Telenews newsreel covering the private funerals of several of the victims of the December 1, 1958 fire at Our Lady of the Angels School that claimed 95 lives. Concludes with footage shot at Mount Carmel Cemetery, where 12 of the victims were buried.

Credits

Frank Koza (filmmaker); Richard J. Daley (participant)

Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; Fires; Catholics; Cemeteries; Death
Places: North America > United States > Illinois > Chicago
Cfa elements: Print, 100 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/13641

Sources

  1. Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video