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Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee - Prestwich Footage

An impressive array of Queen Victoria's Life Guards and Royal Horse Artillery

Non-Fiction 1897 3 mins Silent

Overview

This film, made on a camera engineered by the Tottenham firm of JA Prestwich showcases the Queen's elite Life Guards and Royal Horse Artillery as the Jubilee Procession passes through Westminster. Every surviving fragment of Jubilee footage is valuable as it provides further insight into the sheer variety of film made to commemorate the event. This film, for example gives us the best glimpse of the first section of the procession.