Coronation Procession at St. Boswells
The big occasion, as celebrated in a small town
This display, resurrected for a late-1920s newsreel, has many highlights, including a pierrot wheeling a penny farthing. Filmed on Main Street in St Boswell's in the Scottish Borders, the film shows how the coronation of Edward VII was celebrated far and wide. For a small town, this is a large turnout - perhaps boosted by visitors from nearby towns. We can only speculate how many people caught on film attended the local screening that surely followed.
ACTUALITY. Local newsreel of a procession held in St. Boswells, Roxburgheshire probably to celebrate the coronation of Edward VII.
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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 videos in this collection
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Funeral of Queen Victoria (1901)
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Royal Proclamation of Death of Queen Victoria, Blackburn (1901)
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The Queen at Sheffield
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Queen Victoria's Jubilee
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Jubilee Procession
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Procession of Troops
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Procession of Troops
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Funeral of Queen Victoria: Funeral Procession at Cowes
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Funeral of Queen Victoria: Procession Starting from Victoria Station
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Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Marble Arch
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Funeral of Queen Victoria: The Procession passing into Windsor Park
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Funeral of Queen Victoria Soldiers Manoeuvre in Square
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Proclamation of King Edward VII, Market Place, Accrington (1901)
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Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert and Liner Ophir
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Afternoon Tea in the Garden of Clarence House
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H.M. The Queen at Garden Party, Buckingham Palace, June 1897
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Queen Victoria's Funeral: Ships Fire a Salute in the Solent
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Scenes at Balmoral
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The Late Queen's Visit to Dublin: Royal Procession Entering the City Gates
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 2)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 1)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 4)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 5)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: North 1)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Prestwich Footage
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee unidentified Lumiere film (3)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (St Paul's: South 3)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 3)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 1)
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Unidentified (2)
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Queen Victoria's Funeral - Prestwich
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Their Majesties Entering and Leaving the Victoria Tower Entrance of the Houses of Parliament
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Through Three Reigns
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Trooping the Colour
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Diamond Jubilee Procession Taken from Apsley House
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Funeral Cortege Arriving at Trinity Pier
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Gladstone's Funeral - Entering Westminster Abbey
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Lord Roberts' Arrival in London
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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee Paul (York Road 4)
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Coronation Procession at St. Boswells
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The Coronation of Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
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King Edward, Prince of Wales, and Members of the Royal Household Passing Between the Royal Yacht and the S.S. "Ophir"
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