Edinburgh Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1368A
Date Released
25 Aug 1955
Date submitted
22 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival Opens. SHOTLIST: Various shots of people walking along the streets in Edinburgh. Various CUs of posters. CUs of Saudi Arabian men walking along the street. Shot of Indian men walking along the street. LS of the Saxonia arriving at Greenock. Shot of bag pipers playing on board the boat. Shots of people disembarking from the boat. Shot of a boat coming into the harbour. Various shots of people getting off the boat. Various shots of the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing. EDINBURGH - Various shots of the Oxford Theatre group rehearsing their play. Various shots of the Danish Ballet rehearsing. Shots of people rehearsing the Thornton Wilder play ‘A Life In The Sun’. CU of Tyrone Guthrie and Irene Worth talking. Two ladies looking at a poster at Usher Hall. Shots of the queues outside Usher Hall. Various shots of the procession to St Giles’ Cathedral, which was led by Lord Provost, John Banks of Edinburgh. Various shots of the procession being led into the Cathedral. LS of the Cathedral.
Local distribution only
Special for Scotland instead of items 2-5.
Keywords
Customs and traditions
Locations
Edinburgh; Scotland; Greenock
Card file number
64349
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Charles Elder
Length of story (in feet)
261
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Edinburgh Festival', British Movietone News Issue No. 1368A, 25 Aug 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20311 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)