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Topical Budget 181-2: The Queen and the Children (1915)
 

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THE QUEEN AND THE CHILDREN. "The Queen, Queen Alexandra and the Princess Royal at the same performance with 3,000 children of our soldiers and sailors fighting at the front". Medium shot of crowds outside Drury Lane theatre. Poster on wall advertising 'Sleeping Beauty Reawakened'. Shot from behind columns as crowds on other side of road cheer. Carriage arrives, crowd rushes up behind. Coachman gets down and opens door. Queen steps out. [Cut in action]. Car drives up and three women get out and enter theatre.