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The Cowal Games

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1526A
Date Released
4 Sep 1958
Date Other
Aug 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Cowal Games
  2. 2The Farnborough Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 2
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Cowal Games. DESCRIPTION: It was the Highland Gathering at Dunoon, and a mighty concentration of pipes: over seventy bands were competing. The Highland dancing was one of the most popular features on the programme of the Cowal Games. And there was a splendid array of trophies for all events. SHOTLIST: GV Arena. HV pipers march on. MS same. CU pipers. CU same. MS wrestlers. GV dancers. MS same. MS same. CU pipers. CU dancers. MS wrestlers. MS caber being brought on. MS man tosses caber. MS trophies. MS girl gets cup for dancing. MS wrestling.
Keywords
Sport; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Celebrations and festivals; Athletics; Ceremonies; Wrestling
Locations
Scotland
Footage sources
Scotland
Card file number
74832
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
78
Story extras:

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