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Edinburgh Festival planning (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Edinburgh Festival organiser John Drummond on the planning of the festival and the finance and the stress it causes him. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen?).

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Edinburgh festival 1993 review (1993)

Genre

Interview; Music; News report; Poetry

Robert Murrell(?) reviews this year’s Edinburgh Festival and makes his own personal choices of the best. With Lee Evans on winning the Perrier award and clip from his show; director Robert Kingdom on his...

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Edinburgh film festival - Ted Turner interview (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview at the 1982 Edinburgh Film Festival with Ted Turner, US cable TV producer, on programmes he is involved in to raise awareness of world issues. And on cable and satellite television coming to the UK...

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The Great Festival Begins

Date released

25 Aug 1966

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

66/68

NoS ID

112191

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Despite torrential rain, thousands of tourists were present at the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and many of the events which marked the start of the Edinburgh Festival.

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International Festival Opens

Date released

25 Aug 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1055A

NoS ID

015907

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Musical Festival. DESCRIPTION: The Edinburgh International Festival is opened with a procession to St Giles Cathedral. SHOTLIST: St Giles Cathedral. Mayor (Sir Andrew Murray)...

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Pageantry Marks Opening of Edinburgh Festival

Date released

21 Aug 1952

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1211A

NoS ID

018000

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival - Long Version. SHOTLIST: No shot list.

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Edinburgh Festival

Date released

28 Aug 1958

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1525A

NoS ID

022576

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival. SHOTLIST: GV Edinburgh. GV Edinburgh Castle. MS tourists. CU two women. Various shots of tourists. CU poster. MS queue. MS group look at art. CU girl looks at model....

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Diary of a Hunger Strike play (1982)

Genre

Interview

Interview with two male speakers (not identified – one an actor) on the play Diary of a Hunger Strike, by Peter Sheridan. The work which focuses on the experiences of Republican prisoners in the Belfast...

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Scotland - The Festival of Edinburgh

Date released

26 Aug 1954

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2154

NoS ID

071788

Story no

1 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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Miners strike - Arthur Scargill criticises media coverage (1984)

Genre

Interview; News report; Speech

Report from the Edinburgh International Television Festival from which NUM leader Arthur Scargill claims there has been media bias in the coverage of the current miners’ strike. With comment from former...

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