Edinburgh observes Armistice silence among the poppy crosses

Daily Record's coverage preserves the full two-minute silence, framed by cannon shots and bugle calls.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 50,420 views a day, 13 times a normal first day on this channel (3,937).

Edinburgh falls silent in remembrance on Armistice Day

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1:04Coverage moves to Edinburgh's garden of remembrance as standard-bearers march into position.
2:13An officiant leads a remembrance prayer and asks those able to stand.
2:37A bugler plays The Last Post beside the field of poppy crosses.
3:05A cannon shot signals the start of the two-minute silence.
5:06A second cannon shot ends the silence, followed by Reveille.
5:25Attendees and local dignitaries approach individually to lay poppy wreaths.

The bugler finishes The Last Post, a cannon fires, and the gathering in Edinburgh's garden of remembrance stands in complete quiet. Daily Record's Armistice Day video stays with that silence rather than cutting away.

The upload drew roughly 35,000 views in half a day, already far beyond the channel's usual first-day audience of around 4,000 for regular videos. A separate clip of Andy Burnham and Kemi Badenoch exchanging words in the Commons also drew an unusually large audience that day.

Although Edinburgh is the focus, the remembrance film begins with ceremonies elsewhere in the country. Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle and Lord Speaker Lord Forsyth lay wreaths at Westminster; the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester do the same at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

In Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens, standard-bearers march into place before an officiant addresses the gathering: "Today as we remember the precious souls of long ago, we also remember our friends and comrades who died in time of war in our time."

A second cannon shot ends the silence, followed by Reveille. Attendees then approach individually to lay poppy wreaths. Daily Record also carried a separate live feed of the Edinburgh service.