Baron of Rio Branco - The Nation in Mourning - The Funerals

Overview

"The mourning for the Baron Rio Branco": the repercussion of the diplomat's death - flags at half a stick, the cinema Pathé and a theater room - which featured spectacle Zé Pereira - closed in mourning, other commercial establishments also closed. Facade of the Itamaraty Palace, "where Mr.'s deceased. Baron of the White River." "Curious in front of the Itamaraty," site of the wake. "Distribution of the Official Diary." The Diplomatic Body. "The Mr. Marshal Hermes and the Ministry visit the fiery chamber." "The Burning Camera." "The people visit the fiery chamber." President Hermes da Fonseca, the Ministry and the people pass through a coffin covered in flowers. "The funeral procession." Crowd, cavalry, carriage, funeral car covered in flowers, saved from gunfire. "In the Cemetery of S. Francis Xavier." Business, coffin being transported, men try to open passage, wreaths of flowers; speeches.