The Film
Two reels of a film of the pageant survive, and were copied into a 16mm format in 1957. The contents of the film are given in the National Film Archive Catalogue:
A record of the pageant held in the grounds of Warwick Castle in 1906, depicting incidents in Warwick history from AD40 to 1572.
REEL 1. Shots of Warwick Castle and the grounds showing the rope ferry in operation and the Old Mill and weir (32-173):
EPISODE 1; a procession of Druids round an altar (174-219): the priests light the sacrificial fires (259): a child is seized and walled in under the altar (287): King Carodoc orders his release (305): a battle between Romans and Britons (308): King Caradoc is taken prisoner by the Romans (363):
EPISODE 2; THE BEAR AND RAGGED STAFF: The Britons enter with Arthal and Movid leading a bear and a tree trunk (366-406):
EPISODE 3; ETHELFLEDA AD 906: Queen Ethelfleda arrives with a number of captive Danes (411-461):
EPISODE 4; GUY OF WARWICK AD 920: Guy returns to Phyllida and tells her he has slain the Dun Cow (464-488): the Dun Cow's head is brought in, Guy and Phyllida are betrothed and led in triumph to church (529):
EPISODE 5; ROGER DE NEWBURGH AD 1123: Roger returns with the Templar Knights and surprises Lady Gunrada playing with her Maids of Honour (535-553):
EPISODE 6; BASED ON SCENES FROM MARLOWE'S "EDWARD II" - PIERS GAVESTON AD 1312: Gaveston is created Lord High Chamberlain by the King (563-594): the Bishop of Coventry enters and is degraded by Gaveston (634): Gaveston is seized as a disturber of the peace (653): he is tried by his peers (679): he is led off by the executioner (684):
EPISODE 7; THE KINGMAKER (SHAKESPEARE AD 1464): King Louis of France receives Queen Margaret, Warwick who is present hears the news of King Edward's marriage (690-719): Louis and his retinue depart (759): Warwick, having returned, seizes Edward (782):
EPISODE 8; THE CHARTERS AD 1564: the Charter being given to Warwick School (788-817): Ambrose Dudley arrives (830):
EPISODE 9: THE NINE DAYS QUEEN AD 1533: Thomas Fisher is condemned to death for treason, but is saved by Dame Fisher who falls on his breast as the soldiers are about to fire; the captain of the soldiers frees them both (836-844):
REEL 2: EPISODE 10; ELIZABETH AD 1572: a scriviner is put in the stocks (849-867): a meeting of councillors at Stratford (875): a procession with the Earl of Leycester (923): Queen Elizabeth arrives at Warwick Castle (940): Leycester kisses her hand (973): the Queen holds court (1010): the boys of King's County School, Warwick cheer the Queen (1020): boys and girls perform a pastoral dance before the Queen (1100): the Queen leaves for the island in the Avon by barge (1174): the Queen returns and disembarks (1307):
THE MARCH PAST: all the characters in the pageant form a procession and march past the camera (1312–1585) THE END (1588).
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