Queen Victoria's Funeral (1901) | British Pathé

This archive footage of Queen Victoria's funeral follows the processional to Windsor Castle along with highlighting the Royal mourners from King Edward VII to Kaiser Willhelm.

(FILM ID:3276.05)

Duplicate exists in UN 1 B (F).

Queen Victoria's Funeral.

Various locations of events.

Procession of horse guards moving along street in Cowes, Isle of Wight, watched by guards and spectators. Officers on foot followed by guards with muffled drums and military band. Scottish officers. Queen Victoria's coffin is on gun carriage pulled by horses. More officers and guards follow on foot, plus male and female officials. More horseguards.

Royal Yacht at sea between Isle of Wight and mainland. Warships at anchor fire salute. Several shots of funeral procession moving through the streets of London. King Edward VII and Kaiser Wilhelm amongst those following the gun carriage. Arrival at Windsor and procession to Windsor Castle, long line of foreign royalty as well as English mourners following the gun carriage which is pulled by seamen. Arrival at St. George's chapel where the coffin is lifted from the gun carriage and carried up steps into chapel followed by the many mourners. Different angle shot of the arrival of the coffin and its transfer into the Chapel. BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.

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