Queen Alexandra’s Drive Through London

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

252-2

Date Released

24 Jun 1916

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1'Cook House’ Call
2. 2Breaking in Horses for Artillery
3. 3Public Schools Rowing
4. 4Rose Day
5. 5Queen Alexandra’s Drive Through London

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "Her Majesty accompanied by Princess Victoria visits the principal depots, and sees her army of 15,000 ‘Girls in White’." Various shots as open carriage passes through London streets. Girls in white throw flowers at Queen Alexandra’s carriage as it goes by. Carriage passes by crowds elsewhere. People following after.

Keywords

Royalty; Fundraising

Length of story (in feet)

81

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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