Video duration: 99 seconds
Global video hits: 67907
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.
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Video duration: 550 seconds
Global video hits: 166288
Part three of Lord Wakehurst's film about the death of King George VI and The Queen's Accession and Coronation. Lord Wakehurst (1895-1970) was a Conservative MP, Governor of New South Wales, Governor of Northern Ireland and a keen amateur film maker.
Video duration: 132 seconds
Global video hits: 58370
Parody of Coronation Street taken from "Victoria Wood - As Seen On TV"
Stars Victoria Wood, Julie Walters and Lill Roughley as Ena Sharples, Martha Longhurst and Minnie Caldwell.
Video duration: 444 seconds
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High Mass Celebrated by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican, June 29, 1985.
Kathleen Battle, soprano
Trudeliese Schmidt, alto
Gösta Winbergh, tenor
Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass
Wiener Singverein
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Video duration: 458 seconds
Global video hits: 59123
The Coronation of His Holiness Pius XII. This is a clip from an Italian film on his life preceeding the Papacy, hence the narration for the first half. Although the video quality is rather poor, it is still an interesting historical piece.
