Date:1938
Description:Episode VIII was the Grand Finale of the pageant bringing it up to date and illustrated modern industrial Birmingham. It celebrated the captains and kings of industry as well as the ordinary man and machine. It sought to weave the past and present together into one piece of splendid proportions culminating in the spectacle of every one of the many thousands of participants arrayed around a central totem describing modern Birmingham as the Industrial heart of modern England.
Click on an item to view details for that resource
In Episode II, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine wore a white gown with a royal blue train. The train incorporated ...
The Battle of Crecy was the subject of Episode III. This was because ‘of the 1,200 English men-at-arms ...
Over a thousand knights took part in the third episode; ‘English and French, mounted and unmounted, ...
The challenge of how to dispose of the dead and wounded knights in Episode III was met by the ordering ...
The Pageant’s fourth episode took the form of two sections; Section 1, The Visit of Charles I to Aston ...
Share:
Donor ref:BA&H: Misc Photographs/Pageant of Birmingham (101/2008)
Copyright information: Copyrights to all resources are retained by the individual rights holders. They have kindly made their collections available for non-commercial private study & educational use. Re-distribution of resources in any form is only permitted subject to strict adherence to the usage guidelines.