Passing of the 'Gentle Lady'.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church buildings.

Death.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Hospitals.

Kings and rulers.

Older people.

England--Sandringham.

Alexandra, Queen, consort of Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1844-1925.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 minutes, 12 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1925.

Summary:

"Sad Scenes attend Queen Alexandra's death at Sandringham House". The gates, with a policeman on duty. "The Stricken Mansion." A shot of the house. "To the aged inmates of Trinity Hospital she was a true friend." Some of the inmates. "The face she loved." One of the inmates looking at a photograph of the Queen. "King and his Sons at Sandringham Church." A shot of the church tower and a distant view of a small group of men arriving at the church. "Mourning Tenants." People entering the church porch. "At Rest." The coffin lying in state. "The King and Queen's wreath bore this moving inscription:- "For darling Motherdear from her sorrowing and devoted children Georgie and May." A shot of the wreath, with card attached. "St. George's Chapel, Windsor, where Her Majesty will be laid beside King Edward." Shot of the chapel.

Notes:

Issue number: 744-1 ; Story number within issue: 1 of 4

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.