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Wellington's Final March: The End of an Era |
Email This Page | | Filmmaker: Thomas Vaughan |
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Price includes Public Performance License. |
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Recounts the event that became a precursor to The Crimean War. Queen Victoria decreed a state funeral in November, 1852 to honor her "wisest counselor", Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington. This film reanimates the "Iron Duke's" last and most spectacular parade, his own funeral. The disasters yet to befall the British army are framed by a chronicle of Wellington's military career and the funeral parade which unfolds in rich detail. Thousands jammed London to view the four-and-a-half-hour parade and an 18-ton funeral car designed for Prince Albert. Cannon, avalry, statesmen, and illustrious emissaries carrying "Old Nosey's" foreign batons marched to St. Paul's Cathedral where the Duke was entombed beside another of England's great heroes, Naval Commander Lord Nelson. Twenty thousand witnessed the "Iron Duke's" last rites and the extravaganza marked the end of an era. The pomp and circumstance left a false impression with generals and statesmen alike -- that the British troops were invincible. World powers clashed less than two years later, and the fabled British army was strewn in disarray across the snow-swept Crimean hills above Sevastopol. This world Conflict is chronicled in the companion series, The Crimean War: A Clash of Empires.
Running time: 30 min, Year released: 1998
Close captioned?: N, Color?: Y
Avail. formats: 16mm,VHS
ISBN: 1-55974-617-3
Language: English, Subtitled?: N
For classroom?: Y, Study Guide?: N
Grade level: 7th and up
Other Credits: Peregrine Productions
Narrated by Ted Hallock, D.F.C.
Written, Directed and Produced by Thomas Vaughan, D.B.E. |
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This title can also be found in: Biographies, English Culture & History, Europe, History, Politics, War |
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