Inhuldiging Koningin Wilhelmina te Amsterdam (1898)

Directed by

Filmfabriek F.A. Nöggerath

Genre

documentary film

Country

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Runtime

6 min

How it feels

This short documentary shows a carriage procession carrying Queen Wilhelmina through Amsterdam for her inauguration in 1898. It is a record of a royal ceremony from the early days of filmmaking.

historicalformalobservationalstatelyslowsilentantiquenostalgic

What happens

The Inauguration of Queen Wilhelmina in Amsterdam, in Dutch Inhuldiging van Koningin Wilhelmina te Amsterdam, is a short documentary film from 1898, directed by early Dutch film pioneer F.A. Nöggerath snr. The film material captures the carriage procession to the New Church in Amsterdam by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands on the occasion of her inauguration as queen. The film is renowned as the oldest surviving Dutch film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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