| KING GEORGE V & QUEEN MARY AT KITCHENER MEMORIAL SERVICE aka KITCHENER MEMORIAL SERVICE | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5102 | |
| Catalog #: | 365230 | |
| Clip Number: | 365230-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 12 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:29 - 01:48:46 | |
| Location: | London; England | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FUNERALS: State LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London ROYALTY: British, George V (Duke of York) ROYALTY: British, Queen Mary | |
| Description: | KING GEORGE V & QUEEN MARY AT KITCHENER MEMORIAL SERVICE aka KITCHENER MEMORIAL SERVICE Royalty; ceremonies; funerals; death. Memorial Service for British field marshal and statesman Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener; who had drowned when his boat was sunk by a German mine; King George V and Queen Mary attend. Opens with GV exterior St. Paul's; with an awning all the way up the steps. Horse-drawn open carriage drives up. King & Queen descend from carriage and start up steps. CU horses waiting. People under awning. The tall Queen Mary getting back into the carriage; followed by King George. Fairly close shot of the King & Queen ; and the coachmen on the back; as they drive by; with two officers on horseback riding close behind. Kitchener had had a long Army career; serving in the Sudan; in the Boer War ; etc. In World War One he was responsible for vastly increasing the size of the British Army. | |
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