CH-1 Vol. 10 #20 Grimes Funeral
Film Identifier: F.2012-03-0792
Run Time
0h 1m 0s
0h 1m 0s
Format
16mm
16mm
Color
B&W
B&W
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
January 1957
January 1957
Abstract
Silent newsreel of the funeral of Barbara (15) and Patricia Grimes (12), victims of a still-unsolved double murder. The girls' bodies were discovered alongside a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957, nearly a month after they disappearred after seeing a movie at Brighton Park theater in McKinley Park. Their disappearance initiated one of the largest missing persons investigations in the history of Chicago.
Silent newsreel of the funeral of Barbara (15) and Patricia Grimes (12), victims of a still-unsolved double murder. The girls' bodies were discovered alongside a deserted road in Willow Springs on January 22, 1957, nearly a month after they disappearred after seeing a movie at Brighton Park theater in McKinley Park. Their disappearance initiated one of the largest missing persons investigations in the history of Chicago.
Description
Telenews titlecard reads "Chicago." Two caskets are carried out of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying. Interior shot of the Holy Mass.
Telenews titlecard reads "Chicago." Two caskets are carried out of a church; pallbearers included some of Barbara's classmates. A large group of mourners gather outside St. Maurice Church. The girls' mother, Lorretta, is seeing crying. Interior shot of the Holy Mass.
Main Credits
Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form
Related Place
Chicago (represents)