| CEREMONY HELD AT NELSON'S COLUMN FOR TRAFALGAR DAY Trafalgar Day celebrations. London Mayors attend Divine Service. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5108 | |
| Catalog #: | 365482 | |
| Clip Number: | 365482-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 28 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:16 - 01:33:36 | |
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Memorial CROWDS: Misc. HOLIDAYS: Trafalgar Day LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Festivals; celebrations; holdidays. Trafalgar day; British holiday commemorating the 1805 Battle in the Napoleonic Wars in which Lord (Horatio) Nelson defeated the French & Spanish navies. Opens with shot of the London Mayors dressed in traditional robes and headgear; on their way in to attend church service; crowd in BG watches. Back view of the mayors going up steps. Huge crowds gathered for holiday celebration; part of the giant lion statue raised in BG visible; decorated with long chains of leaves; like a stretcheed out wreath. Pan to left. Back to the Mayors; walking together as crowd watches. Back view; Mayors walk up steps. Better view of the giant lion statue with crowd in front; pan slowly across crowd; Australian flag visible in crowd; more decorations: wreaths; etc. stretching to another lion on the left. Shot from a way back of the scene; with crowd gathered at the base of the column; pan across this 3 times. Shot looking up at the top of Nelson's column. | |
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