CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE V [Main]


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  • Year: 1911
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: The coronation procession passes through Admiralty Arch. It is led by the Life Guards, two of the state coaches, then the Yeomen of the Guard, senior Army officers, representative Imperial troops, and the Royal Horse Guards. The Coronation Coach itself has an escort of Life Guards. The procession arrives outside Westminster Abbey. The procession is always in long shot, and the King is only just visible inside his coach.
    Incomplete film of the coronation procession of George V through central London, Thursday 22nd June 1911.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / British Army, Life Guards / British Army, Royal Horse Guards / British Army, Yeomen of the Guard / ceremonies, British - state: coronation (George V) / GB, England & London, SW / GB, England & London, SW
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Jury's Imperial Pictures
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound