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Pomp and Circumstance

Parades, processions and royal visits were a great draw for early filmmakers - not only did they guarantee spectacle but their fixed place in the calendar allowed for planning ahead. Even minor royals commanded endless fascination, while the Queen herself was the greatest celebrity of all.

Even fleeting images of Victoria were hot property and her Diamond Jubilee in 1897 was the grandest event of the era, attracting the biggest assembly of the global film industry to date. Footage from the day played across the Empire and well beyond.

44 items in this collection

Gladstone's Funeral

  • 1898
The crowds stand silent as the nation says goodbye to Queen Victoria in February 1901.

Funeral of Queen Victoria (1901)

  • Hyde Park
  • 1901
Crowds gather outside theTown Hall to hear the town crier's royal announcement.

Royal Proclamation of Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn (1901)

  • Blackburn
  • 1901

The Queen at Sheffield

  • Sheffield
  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Jubilee

  • 1897

Jubilee Procession

  • 1897

Procession of Troops

  • 1897

Procession of Troops

  • London
  • 1897

Funeral of Queen Victoria: Funeral Procession at Cowes

  • Cowes
  • 1901

Funeral of Queen Victoria: Procession Starting from Victoria Station

  • Victoria Sta
  • 1901

Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Marble Arch

  • Green Park
  • 1901

Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Procession passing into Windsor Park

  • Windsor Great Park
  • 1901

Funeral of Queen Victoria Soldiers Manoeuvre in Square

  • 1901
The Edwardian era kicks off with the proclamation of the new King.

Proclamation of King Edward VII, Market Place, Accrington (1901)

  • Accrington
  • 1901

Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and Liner Ophir

  • 1901

Afternoon Tea in the Garden of Clarence House

  • 1897

H.M. The Queen at Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, June 1897

  • Buckingham Palace
  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Funeral: Ships Fire a Salute in the Solent

  • 1901-02-01

Scenes at Balmoral

  • Balmoral Castle
  • 1896

The Late Queen's Visit to Dublin: Royal Procession Entering the City Gates

  • 1900

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 2)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 1)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 4)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 5)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 1)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Prestwich Footage

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee unidentified Lumiere film (3)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 3)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 3)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 1)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Unidentified (2)

  • 1897

Queen Victoria's Funeral - Prestwich

  • 1901

Their Majesties Entering and Leaving the Victoria Tower Entrance of the Houses of Parliament

  • 1901

Through Three Reigns

  • 1922-10-19

Trooping the Colour

  • 1900

Diamond Jubilee Procession Taken from Apsley House

  • 1897

Funeral Cortege Arriving at Trinity Pier

  • 1901

Gladstone's Funeral - Entering Westminster Abbey

  • 1898

Lord Roberts' Arrival in London

  • London
  • 1901

Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 4)

  • 1897

Coronation Procession at St. Boswells

  • St Boswells
  • 1928

The Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra

  • 1902

King Edward, Prince of Wales, and Members of the Royal Household Passing Between the Royal Yacht and the S.S. "Ophir"

Charge of the 12th Lancers

  • 1897