Funeral of Queen Victoria (1901)
- Hyde Park
- 1901
Funeral in Manchester (1904)
Crowds line the streets of Edwardian Manchester to send off an unidentified military hero.
The scale and formality of this funeral procession, with the flag-draped coffin carried on a gun carriage, indicates that the departed was a military man. Six horses and police riders in ceremonial uniform lead the coffin out, with carriages conveying mourners following. A field ambulance with police escort brings up the rear. But whose death are the crowds mourning?
A press article from the Liverpool Daily Post (31 May 1904) makes reference to a screening of the funeral of crew members of the A1 submarine, which met a tragic accident in the Solent in March 1904 and sunk with the loss of all hands. Research suggests, however, that the funeral for the A1 victims took place at Haslar in Hampshire. Clearly there is only one coffin being carried in this film. Could it be a local victim returning home?
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The Great and the Good
Royals, military heroes and sportsmen compete in the Edwardian fame game.
Mitchell and Kenyon's films suggest a company that was most at ease filming ordinary people at work and play. But the Edwardian era, just as today, had its public figures who could draw an audience - and audiences were M&K's business.
Edwardian celebrity culture was narrower than today's: headed by the King and other royals, followed by military heroes of the Boer War, politicians and a host of mayors and other local dignitaries. But an increasingly professionalised world of sport was already making its own stars: early signs of the new celebrity order of the later 20th century.
37 videos in this collection
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Funeral of Queen Victoria (1901)
2
Joseph Chamberlain at Home (1902)
3
Return of Kitchener (1902)
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The King's Ride in the Isle of Man (1902)
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Princess Louise at Liverpool (1906)
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Arthur Mold Bowling to A.N.Hornby (1901)
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Prince of Siam in Liverpool (1901)
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Lord Mayor of Cork Arriving For Official Opening of Cork Exhibition (1902)
9
Wigan Coronation Celebrations and Street Scenes (1902)
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Wigan Mayoral Coronation Procession (1902)
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Chorley Coronation Processions (1911)
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Royal Proclamation of Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn (1901)
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Police Annual Inspection at Birchfields Park (1901)
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Coronation Festivities at Accrington (1902)
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Visit of H.R.H. Princess Louise to Blackburn (1905)
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St George's Day Procession in Liverpool (1901)
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Clitheroe Coronation Procession (1911)
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Royal Visit to Manchester, Owens College (1902)
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Great Harwood Coronation Celebrations (1911)
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His Worship the Mayor Leaving Lancaster Town Hall (1902)
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Arrival of VIP For Official Opening of Cork Exhibition (1902)
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Lord Roberts Presenting Medals to Boer War Volunteers in Liverpool (1901)
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Visit of the Duke of Connaught C.I.C. Forces in Ireland and Prince Henry of Prussia to Cork Exhibition (1902)
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Funeral of the Late Captain of the Mexborough Fire Brigade (1902)
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Leeds Mayoral Procession For the Coronation Celebrations (1902)
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Trade Procession at Opening of Cork Exhibition (1902)
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Funeral Procession in Edinburgh (1901)
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Oddfellows Procession in St Helens (c.1901)
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Royal Visit to Bangor (1902)
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Procession of Firemen, Nelson (c.1902)
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Hollow Drift Children's Procession, Durham (1902)
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Birmingham University Procession on Degree Day (1901)
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Wainwright Conservative Club, Blackpool (c.1906)
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Royal Visit to Rhyl (1902)
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Visit of Sir George Cotton at Accrington (1902)
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Funeral of Canon Morrissey in Burnley (1903)
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