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Unidentified Leeds Procession and Crowds (c.1900)

A VIP visit to Leeds pulls the crowds - the celebrity guest may be General French, hero of the Boer War.

Non-Fiction 1902 1 mins Silent

Overview

The events of this film remain uncertain. It appears that two major lifeboat fundraising events were held in Leeds in 1902: one on 5 July (when Mitchell and Kenyon shot at least three rolls of film) and a 'Lifeboat Carnival' on 30 September - possibly the subject of this film - when Boer War hero General French stopped by. It may be him glimpsed in the first carriage following the mounted police.