Braemar Gathering

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1684
Date Released
11 Sep 1961
Date submitted
8 Sep 1961
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Under the Alps
  2. 2All Lit Up
  3. 3Braemar Gathering
  4. 4For Your Pint
  5. 5Modes for Winter

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Highland Games. DESCRIPTION: The scene was near Braemar in the Deeside Highlands. In spite of rather miserable weather, the park was packed in readiness for the royal arrivals. Her Majesty was there. So were Princess Alexandra, Princess Anne, Prince Philip and the Queen Mother. Mighty men of muscle grappled in the games, and dancing to the pipes was a feature of this Highland gathering. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV games. MS crowd. MS men sheltering from rain. LS Royal party arrive. MS Princess Alexandra out of car. LS Queen out of car. MS same. LS rest of Royal party out of car. MS Queen Mother. MLS pipe band. CU drum major. MS band. MS Queen and party watching. MS band. MS same. MS wrestling. MS putting the shot. MS throwing the hammer. LS hammer lands. LS Scottish dancing. MS dancing. CU piper. CU dancing. CU same. MLS unsuccessful shot tossing caber. MLS successful shot tossing the caber.
Keywords
Sport; Music and dance
Locations
Scotland; Braemar
Card file number
83133
Credits:
Camera
David Lowe
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Gordon Coull
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
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