Carmel Newsreel II-182, August 6, 1955

Funeral for Victims of an El Al Plane Shot Down Over Bulgaria

1 Minute, 1955
Genre:
Moment

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Directed by: Nathan Axelrod
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The funeral of passengers and crew members of an El Al aircraft shot down by Bulgarian fighter jets over Bulgaria. Bereaved relatives gather before a row of caskets. The military rabbi recites psalms in memory of those killed. The coffins are transported by trucks through Tel Aviv streets escorted by a large crowd. Relatives and soldiers carry the coffins to a mass grave at the Kiryat Shaul cemetery.

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