3: The Great Exhibition of 1851: The Opening Ceremony

Thursday 1 May 1851
See our playlist for our VR simulation (to be released September 2024):
• Recreating the Great E...
00:00 - Introduction
00:27 - Early morning
00:48 - Gates opened
00:53 - Best vantage points
01:02 - The Duke of Wellington (82nd birthday)
01:14 - Royal Procession from Buckingham Palace
01:24 - Queen Victoria's arrival
01:36 - Queen Victoria's arrival at the dais
01:46 - National Anthem
01:57 - Prince Albert's opening address
02:03 - Queen Victoria's reply
02:09 - Prayer and The Hallelujah Chorus
02:28 - Procession through the nave
03:39 - Queen Victoria declares the exhibition open
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[@davidmayhew8083]

The building was so ahead of it's time!

[@hookedwitfilms9493]

Indeed, a "copy & paste" building. See video #2 in this series for the construction of the building.