Topical Budget: Wembley Washed Out Too, Wembley (1924)
ProRes digital file Black & White Mute 1924 0:29
Summary: A damp Wembley hosts the closing ceremony for the Empire Exhibition, attended by the Price of Wales and mud-splattered pipers.
Title number: 19846
LSA ID: LSA/26291
Description: After drawing huge crowds, the Empire Exhibition at Wembley closed amid a torrential downpour in November 1924, before reopening the following year. As this films shows, a huge crowd still turned out at Wembley Stadium to see the Price of Wales and various army bands, including pipers who tramp through pitchside puddles.
Selected by London's Screen Archives on behalf of the BFI National Archive
Cast: Duke of Windsor, Edward
Further information: The film is damaged in places.
Keywords: march; Wembley; english weather; umbrella
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; Brent; Wembley
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