The original influencer content: 1899's viral one-minute royal flex.
Queen Victoria seated in her carriage with her back to the camera (on the left hand side of the frame, barely visible), and surrounded by invited guests, acknowledges the salutes of the officers as the 1st and 2nd Life Guards (in khaki) march before her at Spital Barracks, Windsor.
Cinematography
Static camera, maximum chaos—horses don't care about your shot.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is one of the earliest surviving films of a British monarch—Victoria reportedly hated being photographed, making her captured motion especially rare. She died two years later.
Shot by the Mutoscope and Biograph Company, this was essentially royal propaganda for the masses—cinematic predecessor to the Buckingham Palace balcony appearance.
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