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:

1. 1The Cyprus Problem
2. 2Oulton Park - Motor Racing
3. 3News in Brief: Bazooka Tank
4. 4News in Brief: Dublin Zoo Baby
5. 5Dunoon - Cowal Games
6. 6Morocco - The Rebels Surrender
7. 7Australia Regains Davis Cup
8. 8Helicopter Crash

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:

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