The Foreign Page: Throngs Honor Murdered Gaitan
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Newsreel footage documents the assassination and funeral of Colombian political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán.
Credits
Frank Koza (filmmaker); Newton Meltzer (narrator); Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (participant)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Frank Koza Collection
Notes: This film opens with footage of deceased Colombian political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as he lay in a coffin following his assassination. Widow Amparo Jaramillo Jaramillo and daughter Gloria Gaitán attend the funeral held at Gaitán’s home, where they are surrounded by 20,000 other mourners. Concluding footage shows the Pan-American Conference as it passes an anti-communist resolution.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; History; Murders; Politicians
Places: South America > Colombia > Bogota
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 71 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34451
Notes: This film opens with footage of deceased Colombian political leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán as he lay in a coffin following his assassination. Widow Amparo Jaramillo Jaramillo and daughter Gloria Gaitán attend the funeral held at Gaitán’s home, where they are surrounded by 20,000 other mourners. Concluding footage shows the Pan-American Conference as it passes an anti-communist resolution.
Distributed by: Telenews (Firm)
Subjects: Funeral rites and ceremonies; History; Murders; Politicians
Places: South America > Colombia > Bogota
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 71 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/34451
Sources
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Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:15