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Unveiling Queen Victoria Memorial
Also known as [Unveiling of the Queen Victoria Memorial]
(1911) England
Color : Short film
Directed by [?] G.A. Smith?
Cast: (unknown)
Natural Colour Kinematograph Company, Limited, production; distributed by [?] Natural Colour Kinematograph Company, Limited? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Kinemacolor two-color process. / The production was shot on [?] 11? May 1911 at the unveiling of sculptor Sir Thomas Brock’s and architect Sir Aston Webb’s now-famous memorial design at Buckingham Palace.
Documentary.
Synopsis: [From (a substandard scan of) an American 1911 Kinemacolor program] The splendid white marble monument was unveiled on May [?] 11? 1911, in the presence of several hundred thousand observers. Attending are [?] xxxx? all the [?] xxxxxx? of the Royal Family of England, and their [?] German? [?] xxxxxxx?, [?] including? H. M. The King, H. I. M. The Emperor of Germany, H. M. The Queen, H. I. M. The [?] Empress? of Germany, H. R. H. Princess Victoria [?] Louise?, T. R. H. The Prince of Wales, Princess Mary and Prince George, T. R. H. Princess [?] Christian?, The Duke of Connaught, Prince Henry of Battenberg, Prince Arthur of Connaught and the [?] xxxxxxx? of [?] Angill. The [?] monument? was dedicated by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury and unveiled by His Majesty while “God Save the King” was sung by [?] xxxxx? and [?] spectators?.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Color cinematography - United Kingdom: England: London: Buckingham Palace
Listing updated: 9 August 2023.
References: Basten-Technicolor p. 14; Eyles-Missing p. 101; Tarbox-Lost p. 62 : Website-IMDb.
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