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Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1629A

Date Released

25 Aug 1960

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. U-2 Trial
• 2. Record Drop
• 3. A Fair Breeze
• 4. Edinburgh Festival
• 5. Grasmere Sports
• 6. A New Recruit

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival. DESCRIPTION: Maintaining tradition, the 14th International Festival of Music and Drama opened with a Service of Praise at St Giles. Lord Provost Dunbar read the lesson. The City was packed, and the Earl and Countess of Harewood were there. Meanwhile, queues for the first concert at the Usher Hall had already formed. Rehearsals in progress included the Oxford Theatre Group, presenting Vasco. Seen also, Elspeth Douglas Reid, rehearsing herself for her One-woman Theatre. SHOTLIST: GV Edinburgh Castle in background. LV massed pipers marching down Princes Street. CU piper, drum major marching past. SV pipers marching. CU drum major leading band. SIV pipers marching. GV pan from Edinburgh Castle to back of pipers marching down Princes Street. GV pan down St Giles Cathedral. CU crowd. CU mace bearer. BV dignitaries going into Cathedral. GV Edinburgh. CU dancers from Athens walking along the road. SV Gia Scala with husband Don Barnet walking into the film club for reception of Premiere I Aim At The Stars. CU Curt Jurgens arriving at the film club. CU Mrs Curt Jurgens. LV rehearsal of the Oxford Theatre Group of Vasco stage. LV artists rehearsing for the play Romulus the Great. CU one of the artists. SV Director Callum Mill giving instructions to the artists. CU artists. SV Svetlana Beriosoua and Donald Macleary practising at Empire Theatre. GV massed pipers marching in Edinburgh Castle. GV elevated cross marching by the massed pipe bands. GV Edinburgh Castle. Pan down to massed pipe bands. (206 ft). CU soldier marching. GV pipers. CU piper. MS onlookers. CU soldier. GV drummers marching. GV procession. MS tilt down church. CU onlookers. CU dignitary (May be Mayor). GV back view of procession entering church. GV Edinburgh. MS couple looking in shop window. CU women and boy in hat doing same. MS young lady doing same pan to window display. MS 2 young men walking. GV 2 people arrive at film house. CU Curt Jurgens arrives. CU his wife. GV rehearsal of play (Shakespeare). GV another. CU artist (actor) - GV rehearsal in progress. CU 2 of the actors. MS ballet routine. 2 dancers. CU their faces slip pan . MLS group of Indian dancers on gallery steps. CU same. CU dancer’s face. GV Edinburgh street. GV dancers walk across street. GV Indian signs an autograph book (not one of the troupe). MLS dancers talking. GV tilt down Empire Theatre. CU girl making up - back view. CU same - front view. MS 2 men making up - one puts on mask. MCU girl puts on head piece. MS dancer on stage. MS dance in progress. MS Lord and Lady Harewood talking to dancer. GV Tattoo. MS same. Top shot same. MS same side view. GV onlookers. MS Tattoo - side view top shot same. (308 ft ).

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Ceremonies; Local government; Performing arts; Military; Religion and belief

Locations

Edinburgh; Scotland

Card file number

80960

Credits:

Cutter

Frederick George

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

89

Story extras:

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