Queen Alexandra.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

British Film Institute, owner.

Topical Film Co., production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Kings and rulers.

Parades.

Rites and ceremonies.

Weather.

England--London.

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

Royal family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (3 minutes, 21 seconds)) : silent, black and white.

Place of Publication:

[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1925.

Summary:

"Nation's tribute of tears as the beloved lady passes to her rest. The sad little cortege leaves Sandringham". The coffin on a gun carriage, followed by King George V, the Prince of Wales and the other chief mourners are seen leaving the grounds. "In London the people crowned her death with their grief and the heavens sent her a white shroud". The funeral procession passes through snowy streets. "Four monarchs followed the gun carriage: King George, King of Norway, King of Denmark, King of the Belgians". Shots of the chief mourners and the funeral procession. "Whitehall: Through an avenue of sorrowing friends". Procession passes down Whitehall. "At the Abbey". The coffin enters Westminster Abbey. "The endless queue of homage". People pass into the Abbey. Filmed by Gardner, Plowman, Jones, Benson, Purnelland Heath (216ft).

Notes:

Issue number: 744-2 ; Story number within issue: 2 of 2

Series: Topical Budget.

With intertitles.