| OPEN AIR MEETING Royal Family & Crowd at Empire Day Program | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5142 | |
| Catalog #: | 366706 | |
| Clip Number: | 366706-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 130 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:07:32 - 01:08:13 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1919 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. HOLIDAYS: Empire Day ROYALTY: British, Edward VIII (Duke of Windsor, Prince of Wales) ROYALTY: British, George V (Duke of York) ROYALTY: British, Prince Arthur (Duke of Connaught) ROYALTY: British, Princess Mary ( Princess Royal ) ROYALTY: British, Queen Alexandra (Princess of Wales, Alexandra of Denmark) ROYALTY: British, Queen Mary | |
| Description: | Royalty/holidays. Royals and big crowd attend Empire Day program held in park. Pan over crowd of women of various ages all wearing white ; seated in park. Royal Family sitting in a front row in the crowd -- King GeorgeV; Queen Mary; the Prince of Wales (or maybe one of his brothers); Princess Mary; Queen Alexandra (looking absolutely beautiful despite being about 70); the Duke of Connaught; and possibly other minor royalty. They're all looking at prayer books or hymn books. More of crowd in BG; trees etc. Crowd shot w/o royals -- also w/o the women in white - masses and masses of people. really; many 1000s stretching as far as can be seen. Pan left on more and more people. This is about the biggest crowd I have ever seen. Must be half a million people. Trees in BG. A balloon dancing above the crowd. Ceremonies. | |
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