Dunoon - Cowal Games

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1369A
Date Released
1 Sep 1955
Date submitted
29 Aug 1955
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cowal Highland Games. DESCRIPTION: The march of a thousand pipers was one of the features of the Cowal Highland Gathering at Dunoon. The 18 foot Cowal National Caber defied everyone’s efforts to throw it over. SHOTLIST: GV of the bands. CU of pipe bands marching. CU of the drum majors. CU of throwing the hammer. CUs of wrestling. Tossing the caber. Irishman tossing a comic caber. CU of dancing. CU of swords. CU of piper. CU of children dancing. CU of two small girls dancing and falling down.
Keywords
Sport
Locations
Scotland; Dunoon
Card file number
64383
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Charles Elder
Length of story (in feet)
80
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Dunoon - Cowal Games', British Movietone News Issue No. 1369A, 1 Sep 1955. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/20325 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)