The Edinburgh Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1316A
Date Released
26 Aug 1954
Date submitted
22 Aug 1954
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival, Tattoo and the Highland Games. SHOTLIST: TPS of Edinburgh. Shots of the procession. Shot of Lord Provost (JG Banks) and Prince Georg of Denmark. Various shots of the procession. Shots of the procession going into St Giles Cathedral. Princess Royal alighting from car and being greeted. Shots of empty seats outside due to rain. Man standing on platform waving his hands. Pan to sign saying ‘Cancelled’. Shots of people walking along the streets. CU sign advertising ‘Macbeth’. CU of Anne Todd. Shots of people rehearsing a play. People looking at a painting. CU sign ‘Edinburgh International House’. Interior shot of people talking. MCU of Miss Helle Lambetti kissing man and being presented with a sprig of heather. Edinburgh Tattoo - Various shots of the massed bands practising by the Castle esplanade. Various shots of the cadets of the Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst) taking part. Various shots of the boys of the 1st Regular Training Battalion Royal Army Ordnance Corps parading. Highland Games - Murrayfield - LS of crowds. TPS crowds. CU crowd. MCU Lord Provost congratulating Joe McGhee. CU of Joe McGhee. CU man swinging the hammer. 2 men wrestling. Man high jumping. Man shot putting. CU crowd. Shots of the final of the 100 yards invitation event. Willie Williams wins. CU crowds. CU girl’s shoes covered in a plastic bag. Various shots of the invitation mile. K Wood wins followed by Law. Chris Brasher and Brown. MCU of K Wood. Various shots of sword dancing. Shots of the women’s 80 metres hurdles, which was won by Miss Desforges. MCU winner. Womens 100 yards final. Miss Pashley wins CU. Various shots of the tossing of the caber contest. Shots sawing the caber off. D Koch throwing the smaller section of the caber. Man tossing the caber. Various shots of the pipe band.
Local distribution only
Last item in Special Reel for Scotland.
Keywords
Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Displays
Locations
Edinburgh; Scotland; Murrayfield
Card file number
61679
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
636
Story extras:
Film clip

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'The Edinburgh Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 1316A, 26 Aug 1954. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/19470 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)