| QUEEN MARY AT HACKNEY ( aka FESTIVE CROWD FOR QUEEN MARY ) Queen Mary visits Hackney - great shots of excitable crowd waiting to see her. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5105 | |
| Catalog #: | 365367 | |
| Clip Number: | 365367-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 19 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:04 - 01:37:28 | |
| Location: | Hackney (NE London); England | |
| Year Shot: | 1915 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CROWDS: Misc. LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London ROYALTY: British, Queen Mary WORLD WAR ONE, HOMEFRONT: Misc. | |
| Description: | QUEEN MARY AT HACKNEY ( aka FESTIVE CROWD FOR QUEEN MARY ) Queen Mary visits Hackney - great shots of excitable crowd waiting to see her. Royalty. Queen Mary greeted by huge crowd at Hackney in northeast London working-class area. World War One homefront patriotism. Shot of street with festive decor; flags and pennants strung overhead along the route; people spilling into street from the sidewalk; boys running up street; 2 black men in uniform cross in FG;automobile; policeman on horse; then a couple more cars all drive toward camera. Next; shot of crowd pushing together around the Queen's coach; children held up to see royalty. Zoomed in; same; just over ladies' hats; man; woman; & Queen Mary exit automobile; walk through crowd amidst excitement; waving; more toddlers held up; photographer. Queen's flowered hat barely visible in crowd. She gets back into the car. Police help clear way; cars drive on; with masses swarming behind. GV street crammed with people; celebration or festival atmosphere; people see the camera and all face toward it; smiling; laughing; kids hopping up & down--generally a happy bunch. Man; working- class dress; arranging open "tunnel" through crowd; with a 60ish woman at the end in front of a wall with a sign above her head; flowers hanging from wall; the people; mostly kids; look toward camera expectantly--cool shot. Next; pan over more crowd on street; Union Jacks flying; Queen is meeting several vicars as she steps toward her car; pan on to the car; chauffeur in it; Queen gets into car. Car backing up. Car driving away; people waving; crowd milling around in the street. | |
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