Cyprus - A Highland Fling

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1426
Date Released
1 Oct 1956
Date submitted
26 Sep 1956
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 9
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Highland Fling (1st Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry). DESCRIPTION: The First Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry laid on their own games or gathering. Following the traditional pattern, the troops carried out a programme of events that certainly made the place look like a corner of bonnie Scotland. SHOTLIST: Pipers. Dancing the Highland fling. Pipers. Tossing the caber. Various shots of caber tossing. Small caber tossed as a joke.
Keywords
Sport; Military
Locations
Cyprus
Card file number
68355
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
72
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Cyprus - A Highland Fling', British Movietone News Issue No. 1426, 1 Oct 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/21229 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)