NETHERLANDS: DUTCH UNDERTAKER MAKES REPLICAS OF BODY PARTS TO HELP RELATIVES REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES

Record ID: 979204

  • Title: NETHERLANDS: DUTCH UNDERTAKER MAKES REPLICAS OF BODY PARTS TO HELP RELATIVES REMEMBER THEIR LOVED ONES
  • Date: 21st March 2000
  • Summary: GELDROP, THE NETHERLANDS (MARCH 21, 2000) (REUTERS TELEVISION) 1. CU: CAST OF FATHER'S HAND HOLDING HAND OF DEAD BABY 0.05 2. CU: CAST OF CHILD'S HAND HOLDING PIECE OF LEGO 0.14 3. CU: CAST OF PAIR OF HANDS PRAYING 0.21 4. CU: CAST OF FACE 0.28 5. SV: HANS RAAYMAKERS, MANAGER OF BURIAL SERVICES COMPANY VAN DER STAPPEN, HANS RAAYMAKERS, SITTING BEHIND DESK 0.34 6. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) MANAGER OF BURIAL SERVICES COMPANY VAN DER STAPPEN HANS RAAYMAKERS SAYING: "I think there are different reasons. First of all, today's society is very individualistic and also more and more people choose to be cremated. After cremation there is nothing tangible left. If people are buried, relatives can still visit the grave, but after cremation the ashes are scattered and and there is nothing tangible left. So it is very pleasant for people to have something at home to commemorate their loved ones." 1.08 7. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) HANDS OF RAAYMAKERS SHOWING CAST OF HAND THAT CAN ALSO SERVE AS HOLDER FOR ASHES, VOICE IN BACK SPEAKING IN DUTCH SAYING: "You can take off the sleeve and then we have made a container inside the hand. You can screw off the top and then you can keep the ashes in here." 1.27 8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE TAKING COFFIN OUT OF MORTUARY (2 SHOTS) 1.57 9. VARIOUS OF WOMAN WORKING ON CAST OF HAND (4 SHOTS) 2.28 10. SV: AGNES JANSSEN, WOMAN WHOSE NINE-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CARLIJN DIED FOUR MONTHS AGO, SITTING ON COUCH 2.32 11. SCU: CAST OF CARLIJNS HAND ON TABLE, JANSSEN TAKING CAST IN HANDS 2.50 12. VARIOUS OF JANSSEN HOLDING CAST (2 SHOTS) 3.00 13. SV: (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) AGNES JANSSEN, WOMAN WHOSE NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER CARLIJN DIED FOUR MONTHS AGO, SAYING "The lines and the little things in her palm are so recognisable, and that means a lot to me now. When I saw it for the first time I thought oh yuck, but then when I held it in my hands I thought, yes this feels very nice." 3.26 14. SV: UNDERTAKER CARRYING PACKAGE TO HOUSE 3.39 15. SV: 67-YEAR-OLD TERMINAL CANCER PATIENT TO VAN DER VLIET AND HER SON MARTIN VAN DER VLIET SITTING AROUND TABLE, RECEIVING PACKAGE 3.58 16. CU: MOTHER AND SON OPENING PACKAGE 4.19 17. SV: MOTHER AND SON LOOKING AT CAST OF THEM HOLDING HANDS 4.28 18. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) TO VAN DER VLIET, 67-YEAR-OLD CANCER PATIENT, SAYING: "I wanted this because now I know that, when he will be alone, and I know that is going to happen, he will have a nice memory of his mother. I want to give him that, it is a form of farewell to me. 4.49 19. SCU: MOTHER AND SON COMPARING THEIR HANDS WITH CAST 5.04 20. CU: CAST OF SONS HAND HOLDING HIS MOTHERS HAND 5.10 21. SV: CAST ON TABLE 5.18 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: GELDROP, THE NETHERLANDS
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Reuters ID: LVA5T02EB3RTO80C4S8RVMEEJHP7
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