Posted on 06/22/2018 6:21:28 PM PDT by NRx
Rare film footage from the dawn of the previous century when moving pictures were rare and most people had never seen any. Appx 15 minutes of footage showing various aspects of the funeral rites and processions for Queen Victoria. Her death was a huge deal as she had reigned for 63 years in a world where the average life expectancy was 47. Few could remember another monarch and she was the very symbol of the British Empire. Most people must have felt that the Earth had shifted under their feet.
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I thought it was very impressive, but I honestly have to admit all I know about military precision from about the WWII era back is from Hollywood and occasional still pictures.
I wonder if the Hollywood people made it more precise in large groups than it really was.
I was fascinated watching it. Thanks for posting it.
Thanks...I was thinking part was lead...
off topic a bit but the 47 yr life expectancy was so low because of child and infant death before age 5. statistics, bah!
It’s almost startling to be able to see that - to see something ‘in action’ so far in the past. Thank you for posting.
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I doubt there’s a photo of Victoria with her grandfather, George III.
Barring disease or violence humans have always lived to about 70 years give or take.
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