Edinburgh Festival

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1577A

Date Released

27 Aug 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Soccer Starts
2. 2Training for the Channel
3. 3Mini-Cars on Show
4. 4Kariba Dam Report
5. 5Rockefeller Wedding
6. 6The Princess in Australia
7. *Edinburgh Festival

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival. SHOTLIST: Princes Street (key). Same (2). ‘Edinburgh Festival’ Poster. Another poster (3). CU Sir Compton Mackenzie. CU poster ‘Why the Chicken’. Actor rehearsing. CU same. LS rehearsal of ‘The Thraie Estaites’. CU same. MS fooling around the John Knox statue. LS procession to St Giles. CU same (3). Back shot same. MS Princess Royal arrives at Usher Hall. LS street.

Local distribution only

For Scotland only instead of Item 5.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Ceremonies; Local government; Performing arts; Writers

Locations

Scotland

Card file number

77984

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Camera

John Charles Elder

Length of story (in feet)

101

Story extras:

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