Germany - Funeral Of Manfred Woerner

(26 Aug 1994) A funeral service with full military honours was held on Friday
(26/8) in southwestern Germany for former NATO Secretary General
Manfred Woerner, who died of cancer earlier this month.
SHOWS:
GOEPPINGEN, GERMANY. 26/8
0.00 cu flag, pan to exterior of stadtkirche (town church)
0.11 photograph of woerner on table outside church
0.14 generals and admirals of the german armed forces standing
around coffin, zoom in to coffin draped in national flag
0.22 wide interior view congregation
0.25 parliamentary leader wolfgang schaeuble (in
wheelchair) makes address praising woerner
0.29 pan women seated listening
0.34 coffin leaves church
0.37 people watch from balcony
0.40 crowd standing on street corner opposite
0.43 coffin lifted into back of hearse
0.49 frau woerner, defence minister volker ruehe and others
watching
0.53 hearse drives slowly away
1.05 vision ends
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Manfred was a great man. He was one of the greatest Secretaries General of NATO. I had the pleasure of working with him between 1989-1991 on the NATO Council as the Permanent Representative of X. RIP Manfred.