Their Majesties Visit Auld Reekie, Edinburgh (1917)

Edinburgh, Scotland Royalty. King George V and Queen Mary visit Auld Reekie; Edinburgh. Film of King and Queen in procession; riding in open coach pulled by 4 white horses; street lined with people; buildings decorated with Union Jacks. King salutes as coach passes. More cars passing. Another shot of coach parked outside building with sign ’City Chambers’. Queen; King come out and climb into coach. CU coach going down street. Another shot of coach; with horses trotting. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1
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