Learning on ScreenEdinburgh - Festival City
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- British Movietone News
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- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh - Festival City. DESCRIPTION: People from all over Europe will be flocking to Edinburgh as the City opens its 18th International Festival. The entertainment varies from Gaelic concerts to Shakespeare’s plays, to the Prague Opera Company’s season at the King’s Theatre. Art is also represented. Edinburgh City Council has increased its grant towards costs to £75,000 - £25,000 more than last year. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV Edinburgh. GV Usher Hall. CU sign Gaelic Concert. CU sign Henry IV. GV Prague Opera Company. CU sign same. GV Dalibore opera. MCU actors. CU same. MS actress. GV Scottish Academy. CU sign Delacroix. GV modern art exhibition. CU artist. CU example of art. GV massed pipe bands. LS same. MS crowd. GV Highland Dancers from Canada. CU same. LS Sir Alec Douglas Home. CU same. MS cadets in death dive. MS cadets over bridge. MS same. MS French band. GV crowd. MS French band (2 shots). LS French naval band counter marching. MS crowd. GV West Indian band. LS same. MS same (2 shots). GV fireworks. MLS guard present arms. Pan guard to castle.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Exhibitions and shows
- Locations
- Edinburgh; Scotland
- Footage sources
- Templar Films
- Card file number
- 88735
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 182
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