Scenes from the coronation of Russia’s last Tsar Nicholas II in May 1896; this is one of the oldest filmed moving images in existence, and one of the first examples of a significant news event being filmed to be shown to audiences worldwide.
This is a slide show made of the best photos of Tsar Nicholas II and the Romanov family.
The Queen as a Mechanic (1945) [Full Resolution]. “Princess Mechanic – Princess Elizabeth Does Her Bit To Aid The War Effort”. Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) 2nd Subaltern is seen taking a driving course. Her parents, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later Queen Mother) and her sister Princess Margaret come to visit Elizabeth and admire her handywork.
The newsreel footage showing the assassination of the Yugoslavian king Alexander in 1934 by Vlado Chernozemski from the Bulgarian VMRO in cooperation with the Croatian Ustasha, executed after VMRO issued a death sentence for the king as a punishment for his atrocities against the Bulgarian population in Macedonia and against the other supressed nationalities in Yugoslavia.
A 1930’s Pathe newsreel depicting the jubilant crowds flush with their victory following the Spanish Revolution. Also featured is Spain’s King Alfonso XIII as he goes into exile.
A more sombre but still interesting though very short silent film. It’s more interesting I think for the fact that King and Kaiser are united in grief, but not for that much longer after that.
A slide show depicting the life of that princess who held the title, Princess of Wales, longer than anyone else in Britain’s history. She was the present Queen’s Great-Grandmother: the Queen Consort of Edward VII: Queen Alexandra.
An excerpt from a longer documentary film on the young life of Queen Elizabeth II: her childhood during wartime, her courtship and marriage to Phillip and subsequent maternity.
Princess Elizabeth celebrates her 18th birthday with a pony ride with her younger sister Margaret.
Nicholas II speaks from the balcony of the Winter Palace to a huge crowd in Palace Square.
Excerpts from a National Geographic documentary narrating the history and final days of Tsar Nicholas and the House of Romanov.
s the war in Europe grinds towards an end, George V, King of England, visits the Tank school at Wool, Dorset, in this rare film from Britain’s Imperial War Museum.
Assorted archival film and video images of Queen Elizabeth II set to the tune, “God Save the Queen”.
George V was the first British sovereign belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He was King of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth countries as well as the Emperor of India and the first King of the Irish Free State. George reigned through World War I. Video by author, Brian Kavanagh.
Legendary Dandy, the Duke of Windsor, reads his abdication speech, giving up the throne of England for the Woman He Loves.
Princess Elizabeth (now the Queen) and Princess Margaret speak to children across the world during the Second World War.
