Edinburgh Festival

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2046A
Date Released
22 Aug 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Edinburgh Festival
  2. 2Glass to the Rescue
  3. 3Filling Station Fashion
  4. 4Save Our Surfer
  5. 5Animal Athletics
  6. 6Going for a Spin

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Edinburgh Festival. DESCRIPTION: Edinburgh once again becomes the cultural centre of the world for it’s 3-week International Festival. The Military Tattoo, again steals the spotlight. SHOTLIST: GV pan Edinburgh. Zoom in to Usher Hall. GV Usher Hall. LS theatre post. LAS theatre sign Royal Lyceum. MCU pan down opera poster. GV Edinburgh - zoom in sign Hamlet, When We Dead Awaken. Medium tracking shot three Shakespearian actors. GV zoom out massed pipe band at the Tattoo. Various ditto. MS American bayonet drill squad. HAS MS ditto. GV crowd. HAS zoom out Gurkha band. MCU Gurkha performing Kukri dance. MS Gurkhas ditto. MS massed bands.
Keywords
Commemorations; Buildings and structures; Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Displays; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies; Military
Locations
Edinburgh; Scotland
Footage sources
Templar Films
Card file number
93847
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
179
Story extras:
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