Alexandra Feodorovna

Filmed during the coronation ceremonies of Nicholas II in Moscow in 1896, this short by Lumière operator Francis Doublier shows the imperial procession approaching the Cathedral of the Assumption in the Kremlin. As the crowd advances, a company of guards escorts the imperial dais while the Tsar and Tsarina make their way into the church. An early actuality offering rare moving-image documentation of a major royal ritual.

A parade of horsemen followed by carriages in which were the Russian sovereigns Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and President Félix Faure.

Passage of the Russian sovereigns Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and the President of the Republic Félix Faure followed by their entourages.

Sovereign Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna and their suite slowly walk down a staircase, preceded by a company of cuirassiers.

King Nicholas II and Queen Alexandra Feodorovna and their entourage emerge from a cabin and pass in front of an orchestra.