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Oriental Splendour.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Funeral rites and ceremonies.
- International relations.
- Kings and rulers.
- Politics and government.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Taisho, Emperor of Japan, 1879-1926.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 2 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
- Place of Publication:
- [Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1927.
- Summary:
- "Marks the last journey of the late Mikado". The funeral procession of the Emperor Taisho, with darkness beyond the procession, which is lit by flares; men carrying banners. "Favourite possessions to be placed in the tomb". Procession of men carrying these, then three teams of two oxen each, drawing the big coffin on a wagon. "Nearing the Imperial tomb boys replace the oxen and carry the coffin to its resting place". Closer shot of the procession [section missing with Prince Chichibu].
- Notes:
- Issue number: 811-2 ; Story number within issue: 2 of 6
- Series: Topical Budget.
- With intertitles.
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