Soldiers In Front Of Cathedral (1915)
Soldiers in front of Cathedral. St. Paul s Cathedral, Paternoster Square. Intercession Day, 25th July 1915. MS crowd with police holding people back to leave wide opening; people riding past on top of doubledecker buses in foreground. MS procession from side with Lord Mayor; etc other officials in costumes walking up steps of Cathedral large building in background, with signs across Pawsons Leafes. Procession of coaches (including coaches of King George V and Queen Mary, and the Lord Mayor of London and the Lady Mayoress) drives round corner; some men lean into foreground, waving hats (CU), MS another corner with coaches driving round; crowd in front of building with the City Glove shop. Title The mass of soldiers, gathered in front of the Cathedral, make an imposing picture. MS looking out over crowd of soldiers; around a monument with circle fence. Pan right over soldiers; to steps of Cathedral. Closer in on clergymen on steps. Title Standing at an altar constructed of army drums,
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