BFI Lady Godiva Procession (1902)

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On this film by Mitchell and Kenyon, actress Vera Guedes leads a procession as Lady Godiva on horseback, celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII. This event took place on the 9th September 1902, probably in Coventry which is where the legend originates.

Lady Godiva, a Saxon noblewoman famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry to save the townspeople from her husbands oppressive taxation.